diff --git a/apps/openstacktelemetry/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstacktelemetry/impl/KafkaTelemetryManager.java b/apps/openstacktelemetry/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstacktelemetry/impl/KafkaTelemetryManager.java
index bbd8527..4ddb4c1 100644
--- a/apps/openstacktelemetry/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstacktelemetry/impl/KafkaTelemetryManager.java
+++ b/apps/openstacktelemetry/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstacktelemetry/impl/KafkaTelemetryManager.java
@@ -42,6 +42,18 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 
+import static org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerConfig.ACKS_CONFIG;
+import static org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerConfig.BATCH_SIZE_CONFIG;
+import static org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerConfig.BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_CONFIG;
+import static org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerConfig.BUFFER_MEMORY_CONFIG;
+import static org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerConfig.KEY_SERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG;
+import static org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerConfig.LINGER_MS_CONFIG;
+import static org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerConfig.METADATA_FETCH_TIMEOUT_CONFIG;
+import static org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerConfig.RECONNECT_BACKOFF_MS_CONFIG;
+import static org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerConfig.RETRIES_CONFIG;
+import static org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerConfig.RETRY_BACKOFF_MS_CONFIG;
+import static org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerConfig.TIMEOUT_CONFIG;
+import static org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerConfig.VALUE_SERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG;
 import static org.onosproject.openstacktelemetry.api.Constants.KAFKA_SCHEME;
 import static org.onosproject.openstacktelemetry.api.config.TelemetryConfig.ConfigType.KAFKA;
 import static org.onosproject.openstacktelemetry.api.config.TelemetryConfig.Status.ENABLED;
@@ -56,14 +68,10 @@
 
     private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
 
-    private static final String BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS = "bootstrap.servers";
-    private static final String RETRIES = "retries";
-    private static final String ACKS = "acks";
-    private static final String BATCH_SIZE = "batch.size";
-    private static final String LINGER_MS = "linger.ms";
-    private static final String MEMORY_BUFFER = "buffer.memory";
-    private static final String KEY_SERIALIZER = "key.serializer";
-    private static final String VALUE_SERIALIZER = "value.serializer";
+    private static final int METADATA_FETCH_TIMEOUT_VAL = 300;
+    private static final int TIMEOUT_VAL = 300;
+    private static final int RETRY_BACKOFF_MS_VAL = 10000;
+    private static final int RECONNECT_BACKOFF_MS_VAL = 10000;
 
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY)
     protected OpenstackTelemetryService openstackTelemetryService;
@@ -139,14 +147,18 @@
 
             // Configure Kafka server properties
             Properties prop = new Properties();
-            prop.put(BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS, kafkaServerBuilder.toString());
-            prop.put(RETRIES, kafkaConfig.retries());
-            prop.put(ACKS, kafkaConfig.requiredAcks());
-            prop.put(BATCH_SIZE, kafkaConfig.batchSize());
-            prop.put(LINGER_MS, kafkaConfig.lingerMs());
-            prop.put(MEMORY_BUFFER, kafkaConfig.memoryBuffer());
-            prop.put(KEY_SERIALIZER, kafkaConfig.keySerializer());
-            prop.put(VALUE_SERIALIZER, kafkaConfig.valueSerializer());
+            prop.put(BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_CONFIG, kafkaServerBuilder.toString());
+            prop.put(RETRIES_CONFIG, kafkaConfig.retries());
+            prop.put(ACKS_CONFIG, kafkaConfig.requiredAcks());
+            prop.put(BATCH_SIZE_CONFIG, kafkaConfig.batchSize());
+            prop.put(LINGER_MS_CONFIG, kafkaConfig.lingerMs());
+            prop.put(BUFFER_MEMORY_CONFIG, kafkaConfig.memoryBuffer());
+            prop.put(KEY_SERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG, kafkaConfig.keySerializer());
+            prop.put(VALUE_SERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG, kafkaConfig.valueSerializer());
+            prop.put(METADATA_FETCH_TIMEOUT_CONFIG, METADATA_FETCH_TIMEOUT_VAL);
+            prop.put(TIMEOUT_CONFIG, TIMEOUT_VAL);
+            prop.put(RETRY_BACKOFF_MS_CONFIG, RETRY_BACKOFF_MS_VAL);
+            prop.put(RECONNECT_BACKOFF_MS_CONFIG, RECONNECT_BACKOFF_MS_VAL);
 
             if (testConnectivity(kafkaConfig.address(), kafkaConfig.port())) {
                 producers.put(name, new KafkaProducer<>(prop));