# Is there a way to configure Uptime for reading Kafka

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-configure-uptime-for-reading-kafka/201822>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 1, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-configure-uptime-for-reading-kafka/201822 "2019-10-01T14:16:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![bkleynbok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d2c977/32.png) [@bkleynbok](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bkleynbok)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-configure-uptime-for-reading-kafka/201822/1 "2019-10-01T14:16:46Z")

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Using ELK Stack 7.3.2 on Linux.

Would like to use same layout as in Uptime Up/Down in Kibana to send a message to Kafka and get back a response.

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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:** [October 29, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-configure-uptime-for-reading-kafka/201822/2 "2019-10-29T14:16:48Z")

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Closed on October 29, 2019, 2:16pm UTC

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