The Kafka system¶

This system can be used to read and write data from Apache Kafka as well as Azure Event Hubs for Apache Kafka.

Prototype¶

{
    "_id": "id-of-system",
    "name": "Name of system",
    "type": "system:kafka",
    "bootstrap_servers": "somehost:9092,otherhost:9092",
}

Property	Type	Description	Req
`bootstrap_servers`	String	Comma separated list of bootstrap servers with hostname and port. For Azure Event Hubs this should be set to `<fqdn>:9093`.	Yes
`sasl_username`	String	Username to use when authentication against a SASL enabled Kafka cluster. If username is set, authentication will be performed. For Azure Event Hubs this property must be set to `$ConnectionString` and the connection string should be passed as the password.	No
`sasl_password`	String	Password to use when authentication against a SASL enabled Kafka cluster. For Azure Event Hubs this should be set to `Endpoint=sb://[...]`.	No

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