# Parameters
**Parameter****Description**
-s, --bootstrap\_servershost\[:port\]' string (or list of 'host\[:port\]' strings) that the producer must contact to start the initial cluster metadata. This does not have to be the complete list of nodes. It only needs to have at least one broker responding to a metadata API request. The default port is 9092. If no server is specified, the default port will be localhost:9092.
--tentacle\_portTentacle port Default 41121(optional)
--tentacle\_addressIp of tentacle server to send data to (optional)
-a, --agent\_aliasTo give a name to the agent that will contain the modules, by default: "Kafka" (optional).
-A, --use\_alias\_as\_nameUsing the Alias name as agent name
--module\_prefixTo prefix the modules in case you want to differentiate them from other executions (optional).
-g,--groupPandora FMS target group (optional)
--data\_dirPandora FMS data directory. By default it is /var/spool/pandora/data\_in/ (optional)
--as\_agent\_pluginIt is optional, if you want the plugin to be an agent plugin and put the modules in the pandora agent, execute this with a 1 (optional)