Data Channel
This page is to check the state of the Kafka Brokers.
The pipelines use the kafka topics as a communication channel to pass info between components. it is crucial for the functionality of the pipeline that brokers are up and running.
The green indicator in status shows the broker is up and running; if it is red then the broker is down.
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