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== Metrics
[id="glossary-metrics_{context}"]
Strimzi components can expose Prometheus-formatted metrics for monitoring. 
Metrics for components are enabled through its custom resource.

For more information, see link:{BookURLDeploying}#assembly-metrics-str[Introducing metrics^].

== Metrics Reporter
[id="glossary-metrics-reporter_{context}"]
A component that exposes metrics from Strimzi-managed components such as Kafka brokers, Kafka Connect, Kafka MirrorMaker 2, and HTTP Bridge in Prometheus format.
The Metrics Reporter is enabled through the `metricsConfig` property in the corresponding custom resource.