From ae1568feb5404dbe384586fc4dda32613b0adc37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Humbertzhang <504490160@qq.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2020 14:58:20 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Update EnvVars.md

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 docs/EnvVars.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Environment Variable | Description | Default
 | `SW_AGENT_NAME` | The name of the Python service | `Python Service Name` |
 | `SW_AGENT_INSTANCE` | The name of the Python service instance | Randomly generated |
 | `SW_AGENT_COLLECTOR_BACKEND_SERVICES` | The backend OAP server address | `127.0.0.1:11800` |
-| `SW_AGENT_PROTOCOL` | The protocol to communicate with the backend OAP, `http` or `grpc`, **we highly suggest using `grpc` in production as it's well optimized than `http`** | `grpc` |
+| `SW_AGENT_PROTOCOL` | The protocol to communicate with the backend OAP, `http`, `grpc` or `kafka`, **we highly suggest using `grpc` in production as it's well optimized than `http`**. The `kafka` protocol provides an alternative way to submit data to the backend. | `grpc` |
 | `SW_AGENT_AUTHENTICATION` | The authentication token to verify that the agent is trusted by the backend OAP, as for how to configure the backend, refer to [the yaml](https://github.com/apache/skywalking/blob/4f0f39ffccdc9b41049903cc540b8904f7c9728e/oap-server/server-bootstrap/src/main/resources/application.yml#L155-L158). | unset |
 | `SW_AGENT_LOGGING_LEVEL` | The logging level, could be one of `CRITICAL`, `FATAL`, `ERROR`, `WARN`(`WARNING`), `INFO`, `DEBUG` | `INFO` |
 | `SW_AGENT_DISABLE_PLUGINS` | The name patterns in CSV pattern, plugins whose name matches one of the pattern won't be installed | `''` |