Prerequisite Tasks
Before enabling security for a Kafka stage, complete the prerequisite tasks for the security method that you want to use:
- SSL/TLS
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Complete the following prerequisite tasks before using SSL/TLS to connect to Kafka:
- Before using SSL/TLS to connect to Kafka, make sure Kafka is configured for SSL/TLS as described in the Kafka documentation.
- SASL with the PLAIN mechanism
- Complete the following prerequisite tasks before using SASL with the PLAIN
mechanism to connect to Kafka:
- Make sure Kafka is configured for SASL authentication with the PLAIN mechanism as described in the Kafka documentation.
- Define the user name and password credentials in a JAAS configuration file, as described in Providing PLAIN Credentials.
- SASL with the GSSAPI (Kerberos) mechanism
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Complete the following prerequisite tasks before using SASL with the GSSAPI (Kerberos) mechanism to connect to Kafka:
- Make sure Kafka is configured for SASL authentication with the GSSAPI (Kerberos) mechanism as described in the Kafka documentation.
- Make sure that Kerberos authentication is enabled for Data Collector, as described in Kerberos AuthenticationKerberos Authentication in the Data Collector documentation.
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Determine how to provide the Kerberos credentials and complete the required tasks as described in Providing Kerberos Credentials.