# Filebeat to kafka - monitoring

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-to-kafka-monitoring/245148>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [August 16, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-to-kafka-monitoring/245148 "2020-08-16T14:36:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![grynhtjnyuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ee59a6/32.png) [@grynhtjnyuk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/grynhtjnyuk)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-to-kafka-monitoring/245148/1 "2020-08-16T14:36:44Z")

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I have filebeat that sends data to kafka.  
Could you please tell me, how can I monitor this flow and send allert when no new data in kafka longer than 20 minutes for example.

- do you know some kafka metrics ?
- could it be a better idea to monitor filebeat directly ?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-to-kafka-monitoring/245148/2 "2020-09-13T16:36:52Z")

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