Access JMX metrics via Jolokia
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`Jolokia <https://jolokia.org/>`_ is one of the external metrics integration supported on the Aiven platform besides :doc:`Datadog metrics </docs/integrations/datadog/datadog-metrics>` and :doc:`Prometheus metrics </docs/platform/howto/integrations/prometheus-metrics>`.

.. note:: 

    Only Aiven for Apache Kafka® has support for Jolokia integration. 

Jolokia endpoint configuration
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To enable Jolokia integration for Aiven services, follow these steps to create a new Jolokia endpoint configuration:

1. Log in to the `Aiven console <https://console.aiven.io/>`_ , and from the **Services** page, select **Integration endpoints** on the left sidebar. 
2. In the **Integrations** page, select **Jolokia**, and then select **Add new endpoint**. 
3. Enter an **Endpoint name** for the new Jolokia endpoint and select **Create**. The system will automatically generate a username and password for authentication. In most cases, you can reuse the same Jolokia endpoint configuration for all services within a project.


   .. image:: /images/integrations/jolokia-service-integration-image-1.png
      :alt: Jolokia service integration endpoint
   .. image:: /images/integrations/jolokia-service-integration-image-2.png
      :alt: Jolokia integration endpoint details

.. note::
    You can :ref:`create a new service endpoint using the Aiven CLI <avn_service_integration_endpoint_create>` as well.

Enabling Jolokia integration
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Enabling Jolokia Integration
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To enable Jolokia integration for a specific service, follow these steps:

#. Access the `Aiven Console <https://console.aiven.io/>`_ and click the service for which you want to enable Jolokia integration.
#. On the **Overview** page of your service, click **Integrations** in the sidebar.
#. On the **Integrations** page, in **External Integrations**, click **Jolokia**.
#. Choose the Jolokia endpoint you created and click **Enable**. The system configures the Jolokia endpoint on all service nodes, providing access to the metrics.

The Aiven Jolokia integration enables HTTP POST requests to retrieve values from service-specific metrics. It also supports bulk requests for batch collection of metrics. For more detailed information on the Jolokia protocol, refer to `Jolokia
documentation <https://jolokia.org/reference/html/manual/jolokia_protocol.html>`__ .

Several metrics are specific to a Kafka® broker. Therefore, you may need to query each node to obtain a comprehensive overview. The node IP is represented by a single DNS name. You can use the ``host`` command on Unix systems or the ``nslookup`` command on Windows systems to retrieve the list of IP addresses associated with a DNS name.


.. code-block:: shell

   host kafka-67bd7c5-myproject.aivencloud.com
   kafka-67bd7c5-myproject.aivencloud.com has address 35.228.218.115
   kafka-67bd7c5-myproject.aivencloud.com has address 35.228.234.106
   kafka-67bd7c5-myproject.aivencloud.com has address 35.228.157.197


Example cURL requests
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Here is an example of a cURL request for accessing JMX metrics using Jolokia. Before executing the cURL request,:doc:`download the CA certificate </docs/platform/howto/download-ca-cert>` specific to your project. The CA certificate file is identical for all endpoints and services within the same project.
Performing a cURL request to read a specific metric:

Ensure that you use port 6733, the default port for Jolokia. Replace ``joljkr2l:PWD`` with the username and password obtained during the Jolokia endpoint setup step. You can find these endpoint details on the **Integration endpoints** page.

.. code-block:: shell

   curl --cacert ca.pem \
       -X POST \
       https://joljkr2l:PWD@HOST_IP:6733/jolokia/  \
       -d \
   '{"type":"read","mbean":"kafka.server:type=ReplicaManager,name=PartitionCount"}'

Jolokia supports searching beans using ``search`` command:

.. code-block:: shell

   curl --cacert ca.pem \
       -X POST \
       https://joljkr2l:PWD@HOST_IP:6733/jolokia/  \
       -d \
   '{"type":"search","mbean":"kafka.server:*"}'