# Add a Kafka Consumer 1\. Go to **Listener > Kafka Consumer** then click the **Add (+)** button located in the upper right corner.
2\. You will get the fields as follows.
*Refer to the following table to understand the fields in the above screen.*
FieldsDescription
Name

This field only appears when enabled Advanced Settings is active.

A label or name that is assigned to a listener.

Trigger

This field only appears when enabled Advanced Settings is active.

You may want to assign the servers to a custom Trigger if target server is in an Isolated network or if you want to setup a scalable infrastructure. You will only see available Triggers in this field.

IP Address The numerical label assigned to each device connected to a computer network is called an "IP address." An IP address is typically represented in the format XXX.XXX.XXX.XX, where each "XXX" is a number ranging from 0 to 255, and the "XX" is a similar two-digit number. IP addresses are used to uniquely identify and locate devices on a network.
Port Number A specific endpoint for data exchange between two devices or applications within a network.
Credential Type

Select a proper credential type and credential.

· None

· Basic: Selecting this option provides you with another Field called Credential from where you can select an appropriate option.

UsernameUsername for login redis
PartitionA Kafka partition is a portion of a topic's log, serving as the unit of parallelism and enabling distributed data storage and processing across multiple consumers within a consumer group.
TopicA Kafka topic is a logical channel or category where messages are published by producers and consumed by subscribers, organizing related streams of data.
Algorithm

Choose appropriate Algorithm.

· SHA256: SHA256 is a cryptographic hash function that generates a 256-bit (32-byte) hash value, widely used in security applications to ensure data integrity and verification.

· SHA512: SHA512 is a cryptographic hash function that produces a 512-bit (64-byte) hash value, offering a higher level of security and resistance against brute-force attacks compared to shorter hash functions like SHA256.

Log Interval

The interval for fetching data.

· Realtime

· 1 Minute

· 3 Minutes

· 5 Minutes

Status

To choose a server status such as:

· Active: Enables monitoring for server

· Maintenance: Enables maintenance mode for server and disables all notifications

· Reconnect: Restarts all collectors for server

· Disabled: Disables monitoring for server

Debug

To choose debug such as:

· Off

· On: Collects debug logs for Inventory and Monitoring Collector

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