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The SkyWalking Go agent can be configured to report collected telemetry data (traces, metrics, logs) to a Kafka cluster. This is useful for scenarios where Kafka is already part of your infrastructure or when you prefer Kafka's buffering and scalability features for handling observability data.
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**Note:** Even when the primary data reporting is set to Kafka (`reporter.type: kafka`), the CDS functionality itself still relies on gRPC communication with the SkyWalking OAP (Observability Analysis Platform). Therefore, you **must** also configure the relevant gRPC settings under `reporter.grpc` (or their corresponding environment variables like `SW_AGENT_REPORTER_GRPC_BACKEND_SERVICE`) for CDS to work correctly.
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## Enabling Kafka Reporter
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You can enable the Kafka reporter either through environment variables or by configuring the `agent.default.yaml` file.
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* YAML: `reporter.kafka.topic_management`
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* Example: `skywalking-management`
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**Important Note:** Even when the primary data reporting is set to Kafka (`reporter.type: kafka`), the CDS functionality itself still relies on gRPC communication with the SkyWalking OAP (Observability Analysis Platform). Therefore, you **must** also configure the relevant gRPC settings under `reporter.grpc` (or their corresponding environment variables like `SW_AGENT_REPORTER_GRPC_BACKEND_SERVICE`) for CDS to work correctly.
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### Advanced Kafka Configuration
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