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You don’t need a license to access the Community version of Conduktor. The Community plan allows you to manage and monitor any number of Kafka clusters but provides only limited access to powerful Conduktor features.The unlicensed Conduktor Gateway version has a 14-day trial and will stop working when that period ends. Contact us to extend your trial or find out about licensing options.

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Apply your license

We recommend applying your license to the environment variables. Alternatively, you can add it to your YAML config file.
.env
CDK_LICENSE='YOUR_LICENSE_HERE'

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Verify your license

Use Console to check that your license has been applied correctly. You can do this via the UI or by checking the logs.

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Use the UI

Log into Conduktor Console then go to Settings > Plan:Plan details

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Use the logs

Run Console then check the top of the startup logs: License Enterprise is valid until 2026-01-01 00:00:00.

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Renew or update your license

To renew an existing or apply a new license, change the CDK_LICENSE value in the environment variables (or the license value in the YAML file, depending on your setup) and re-deploy the Conduktor Console container.

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Monitor license expiration

Both Console and Gateway expose Prometheus metrics to track the number of days remaining before license expiration:
  • Console: console_license_remaining_days
  • Gateway: gateway_license_remaining_days
You can set up monitoring alerts for these metrics to proactively manage license renewals. Check out the metrics reference.

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Track Console usage

Usage data allows you to monitor Console usage and license utilization. You can see all active users, view Self-service applications and instance usage, view access requests and see the total number of Partner Zones and shared topics.
Usage data is accessible to admin users only.

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View usage data

In Console, go to Settings > Plan to view your current license details. Click View usage to open the usage dashboard.

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Tracked metrics

Usage Insights dashboard Active users These are users who:
  • have logged in to Console (via local authentication or SSO) within the selected time period, or three months prior to the start of this period;
  • are owners of a Self-service application
The active users graph displays monthly trends, showing how usage patterns change over time. When your license limit has been reached or surpassed, Console displays a warning indicator. Applications Total number of Self-service applications across all clusters. Application instances Total number of Self-service application instances across all clusters. Access requests Total number of application instance permission requests, pending, approved and denied across all clusters. Partner Zones Total number of Partner Zones created for sharing Kafka topics with external partners. Shared topics Total number of topics shared across Partner Zones.

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Time periods

The graph provides a visual overview of how Console usage has changed over time, helping you identify trends and plan for license capacity.
  • Last 30 days: a rolling 30-day window from today
  • Current month: a month-to-date metrics
  • Last 12 months: a monthly aggregated data for the past year
Each data point represents the total count for that month, with the current month showing data up to today.

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Export usage data

Click Export CSV to download usage data for further analysis or reporting. The export includes metric names, values, time period information and a timestamp.

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Troubleshoot

Conduktor considers the user as being a distinct entry that’s stored in the users database, regardless of whether they’ve ever logged in/are attached to any existing groups or not. Entries are created in the users database when: the first admin account(s) are created, users are added via basic authentication or users log in via SSO (or are added explicitly to the Conduktor UI prior to their first login via SSO). To manage users, go to Settings > Users.
Conduktor employs a soft limit to ensure that your service is not disrupted in cases where you onboard more users than expected. We understand it can be difficult to plan in advance and ask you get in touch with your customer success team if you exceed your user threshold. Please note this limit is a contractual agreement between Conduktor and your company, and may be subject to auditing from time to time.
In Console, go to Settings > Users to review the last login time of each user.
Yes. Find out more about account management for Conduktor Desktop . If you’re using Conduktor Console, you can manage your subscription on the Settings page.