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  • PowerExchange Adapters for PowerCenter 10.5
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  1. Preface
  2. Introduction to PowerExchange for Kafka
  3. PowerExchange for Kafka Configuration
  4. Kafka Sources and Targets
  5. Kafka Mappings
  6. Kafka Sessions
  7. Appendix A: Kafka Datatype Reference

PowerExchange for Kafka User Guide for PowerCenter

PowerExchange for Kafka User Guide for PowerCenter

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Configuring SASL PLAIN Authentication for a Kafka Cluster

Configuring SASL PLAIN Authentication for a Kafka Cluster

To read from or write to a Kafka cluster with SASL PLAIN authentication, you can either configure the Kafka connection properties or in the source or target session properties. If you have already configured SASL PLAIN authentication in the Kafka connection properties, you can choose to override those properties from the source or target session properties.
Configure SASL PLAIN authentication in the following properties:
Kafka connection
Configure the
Additional Connection Properties
 property in a Kafka connection and specify the value in the following format: 
security.protocol=SASL_SSL,sasl.mechanism=PLAIN,sasl.jaas.config=org.apache.kafka.common.security.plain.PlainLoginModule required username=<username> password=<password>
In the Security Configuration Section, select
One-Way
 as the
SSL Mode
 and specify the
SSL TrustStore File Path
 and
SSL TrustStore Password
.
Sources
Configure the
Consumer Configuration Properties
 property in the source session properties to override the value specified in the
Additional Connection Properties
 property in a Kafka connection. Specify the value in the following format: 
security.protocol=SASL_SSL,sasl.mechanism=PLAIN,sasl.jaas.config=org.apache.kafka.common.security.plain.PlainLoginModule required username=<username> password=<password>
Targets
Configure the
Producer Configuration Properties
 property in the target session properties to override the value specified in the
Additional Connection Properties
 property in a Kafka connection. Specify the value in the following format: 
security.protocol=SASL_SSL,sasl.mechanism=PLAIN,sasl.jaas.config=org.apache.kafka.common.security.plain.PlainLoginModule required username=<username> password=<password>
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