# Kafka Monitoring **URL:** \ **Category:** Confluent Cloud\ **Created:** [7 September 2022 03:22 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/kafka-monitoring/5972 "2022-09-07T03:22:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chiee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/chiee/32/2362_2.png) [@chiee](https://forum.confluent.io/u/chiee)\ **Post date:** [7 September 2022 03:22 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/kafka-monitoring/5972/1 "2022-09-07T03:22:29Z")
Hi All, Can I setup monitoring jmx exporter for kafka confluent community license in aws ec2 instance? I have try for a few days but still failed in setup jmx exporter. ---
**Author:** ![mmuehlbeyer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/mmuehlbeyer/32/1088_2.png) [@mmuehlbeyer](https://forum.confluent.io/u/mmuehlbeyer)\ **Post date:** [7 September 2022 05:30 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/kafka-monitoring/5972/2 "2022-09-07T05:30:59Z")
hey @chiee yes you should be have a look at > [@Kafka Monitoring and Metrics Using JMX](https://forum.confluent.io/t/kafka-monitoring-and-metrics-using-jmx/5807): > > Hi, Can I monitor Confluent Platform deployments by using Java Management Extensions (JMX) without Docker did a small readme regarding prometheus (wip at the moment 😉 ) > > > //github.com/mmuehlbeyer/kafka-ops/tree/master/monitoring best, michael ---
**Author:** ![chiee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/chiee/32/2362_2.png) [@chiee](https://forum.confluent.io/u/chiee)\ **Post date:** [7 September 2022 05:50 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/kafka-monitoring/5972/3 "2022-09-07T05:50:35Z")
Hi @mmuehlbeyer , Thanks for answer my question, I have look and follow that topic. but still getting error when start the kafka using EXTRA\_ARGS. should I’m install the kafka using TAR? because i have install kafka using YUM repositories. best, chiee ---
**Author:** ![mmuehlbeyer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/mmuehlbeyer/32/1088_2.png) [@mmuehlbeyer](https://forum.confluent.io/u/mmuehlbeyer)\ **Post date:** [7 September 2022 05:52 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/kafka-monitoring/5972/4 "2022-09-07T05:52:49Z")
Hi @chiee should be working with yum installation as well. could you share some details? how you’ve started the stack config and so on. best, michael ---
**Author:** ![chiee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/chiee/32/2362_2.png) [@chiee](https://forum.confluent.io/u/chiee)\ **Post date:** [7 September 2022 06:29 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/kafka-monitoring/5972/5 "2022-09-07T06:29:44Z")
Hi @mmuehlbeyer I follow this article [https://mac-blog.org.ua/kafka-prometheus](https://mac-blog.org.ua/kafka-prometheus) this command i used to started kafka. EXTRA\_ARGS=-javaagent:/root/kafka-jmx/jmx\_prometheus\_javaagent-0.16.1.jar=9102:/root/kafka-jmx/kafka\_broker.yml /bin/kafka-server-start /etc/kafka/server.properties and get error this. ERROR [KafkaServer id=1001] Fatal error during KafkaServer startup. Prepare to shutdown (kafka.server.KafkaServer) org.apache.kafka.common.KafkaException: Failed to acquire lock on file .lock in /var/lib/kafka2. A Kafka instance in another process or thread is using this directory. at kafka.log.LogManager.$anonfun$lockLogDirs$1(LogManager.scala:242) at scala.collection.StrictOptimizedIterableOps.flatMap(StrictOptimizedIterableOps.scala:118) at scala.collection.StrictOptimizedIterableOps.flatMap$(StrictOptimizedIterableOps.scala:105) at scala.collection.mutable.ArraySeq.flatMap(ArraySeq.scala:37) at kafka.log.LogManager.lockLogDirs(LogManager.scala:237) at kafka.log.LogManager.(LogManager.scala:113) at kafka.log.LogManager$.apply(LogManager.scala:1319) at kafka.server.KafkaServer.startup(KafkaServer.scala:267) at kafka.Kafka$.main(Kafka.scala:109) at kafka.Kafka.main(Kafka.scala) ERROR Exiting Kafka. (kafka.Kafka$) [2022-09-07 06:28:27,794] INFO [KafkaServer id=1001] shutting down (kafka.server.KafkaServer) best, Chiee ---
**Author:** ![mmuehlbeyer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/mmuehlbeyer/32/1088_2.png) [@mmuehlbeyer](https://forum.confluent.io/u/mmuehlbeyer)\ **Post date:** [7 September 2022 06:32 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/kafka-monitoring/5972/6 "2022-09-07T06:32:06Z")
hey @chiee would you please check if there is another kafka process running according to your output > [@chiee](#): > > org.apache.kafka.common.KafkaException: Failed to acquire lock on file .lock in /var/lib/kafka2. A Kafka instance in another process or thread is using this directory. seems there is still something running best michael ---
**Author:** ![chiee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/chiee/32/2362_2.png) [@chiee](https://forum.confluent.io/u/chiee)\ **Post date:** [7 September 2022 06:37 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/kafka-monitoring/5972/7 "2022-09-07T06:37:09Z")
Hi @mmuehlbeyer, yes, kafka has been running because it’s not fresh installation. so, i need stop kafka service first? or i need fresh installation to enable jmx exporter? best, Chiee ---
**Author:** ![mmuehlbeyer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/mmuehlbeyer/32/1088_2.png) [@mmuehlbeyer](https://forum.confluent.io/u/mmuehlbeyer)\ **Post date:** [7 September 2022 06:37 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/kafka-monitoring/5972/8 "2022-09-07T06:37:53Z")
Hi @chiee you need to stop kafka and zookeeper first and then start both services again. best, michael ---
**Author:** ![chiee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/chiee/32/2362_2.png) [@chiee](https://forum.confluent.io/u/chiee)\ **Post date:** [7 September 2022 07:04 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/kafka-monitoring/5972/9 "2022-09-07T07:04:16Z")
Hi, @mmuehlbeyer amazing, it’s running now. Thank you for the advice michael. best, Chiee ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/confluentcommunity/original/1X/c49438c90c9df282e9996fdf6971be890c71b65a.svg) [@system](https://forum.confluent.io/u/system)\ **Post date:** [14 September 2022 07:04 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/kafka-monitoring/5972/10 "2022-09-14T07:04:38Z")
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