Kafka
Prepare credentials and permission in Kafka
Certain credentials and permission are required for Validio to validate your data:
- Access and permissions to the specific Kafka clusters.
Permissions and roles
Certain permissions and roles are required for the service account.
For more information, refer to Kafka security documentation and Confluent: Kafka SASL/PLAIN authentication.
Authentication methods for Source config
You can select either Kafka SSL Certificate or SASL Plain Credential as authentication method for your Kafka clusters.
| Field | Description | Options |
|---|---|---|
| Credential type | Select an authentication method. | 1. Kafka SSL CertificateOr 2. SASL Plain Credential |
Kafka SSL certificate
The Kafka SSL Credentials credential type requires the following parameters and certificates:
| Field | Required | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | ✅ | Identifier for the credentials. Used when accessing Sources. | |
| Bootstrap server | ✅ | The address of Kafka load balancer / Kafka cluster address. | |
| CA certificate | ✅ | A certificate of Certificate authority (CA) in CRT format. | |
| Client certificate | ✅ | Client SSL certificate in PEM format. | |
| Client private key | ✅ | Private keys of client certificate in PEM format. | |
| Client private key password | ✅ | Password or passphrase of private keys for the client certificate. |
You can either provide the certificates and client private key as plain text or upload the files.
Kafka SASL Plain Credential
The Kafka SASL Plain Credential credential type, which uses TLS/SSL as transport layer, requires the following parameters and certificates:
| Field | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Name | ✅ | Identifier for the credentials. Used when accessing Sources. |
| Bootstrap server | ✅ | The address of Kafka load balancer / Kafka cluster address. |
| Username | ✅ | Username for the SASL Plain Credential. |
| Password | ✅ | Password for the SASL Plain Credential. |
Configuration parameters
| Field | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Name | ✅ | Identifier for the Source. Used when setting up Validators. |
| Cluster | ✅ | Name of the Kafka cluster to read data from. |
| Message format | ✅ | JSON, AVRO, or PROTOBUF |
| Message schema | ✅ | For JSON, Validio automatically infers the schema. For AVRO and PROTOBUF, you can upload schemas. For more information, see Data Stream Sources. |
Updated 11 days ago