We have tested Aiven for Kafka with a number of tools to enhance your data pipeline.
Java runtime environment for mac. UI for Apache Kafka is a free open-source web UI for monitoring and management of Apache Kafka clusters. UI for Apache Kafka is a simple tool that makes your data flows observable, helps find and troubleshoot issues faster and deliver optimal performance. Its lightweight dashboard makes it easy to. Apache Kafka® Topic Explorer, Manager, and Automation Tool. Kafka Magic is a GUI tool for working with topics and messages in Apache Kafka® clusters. It facilitates topic management, QA and Integration Testing via convenient user interface and automation script editor. Kafka Magic Community Edition is FREE for personal and business use.
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Monitoring
If you want to visually browse your Kafka service, here are some web UI tools recommended for doing so:
AWS IAM Configuration
CLI
AWS IAM Configuration
CLI
Kafka Ui Tool
If you want to get started quickly and test out your brand new cluster then you do not want to spend time messing around with client libraries and producers, kafkacat will get you producing in a single command.
