Apache Kafka

Most recent version: v2.0.0

See the changelog of this Listener type here.

Overview

Onum supports integration with Apache Kafka. Select Apache Kafka from the list of Listener types and click Configuration to start.

Configuration

Now you need to specify how and where to collect the data and how to establish a connection with Apache Kafka.

Metadata

Enter the basic information for the new Listener.

Parameter
Description

Name*

Enter a name for the new Listener.

Description

Optionally, enter a description for the Listener.

Tags

Add tags to easily identify your Listener. Hit the Enter key after you define each tag.

Configuration

Now, add the configuration to establish the connection.

Parameter
Description

Bootstrap Servers

The initial host-port pair that acts as the starting point to access the full set of alive servers in the cluster. This is a comma-separated list of host and port pairs using : as the separator, e.g. localhost:9092,another.host:9092

Enter your value and click Add element to add the required elements.

Group ID

The group ID is a string that uniquely identifies the group of consumer processes. Find this in your Kafka Cluster at Home > Configuration > Consumer Properties.

Topics

The topic to connect to. Use kafka-topics --bootstrap-server :9092 --describe and write the result here.

Auto offset reset policy*

This policy defines the behavior when there are no committed positions available or when an offset is out of range. Choose between Eariest, Latest, or None.

Authentication

Leave as None or select the authentication type to enable the settings:

Authentication Type
Description

Plain

  • Username

  • Password

Scram

  • Username

  • Password

  • SCRAM Mechanism* - Either SHA-256 and SHA-512.

TLS

  • CA Certificate - The path containing the CA certificates.

  • Certificate* - This is the predefined TLS certificate.

  • Client key*- The private key of the corresponding certificate.

  • Skip Verify - Select true to skip or false to require verification.

  • Server Name - Enter the name of the server to connect to.

  • Minimum TLS version* - Select the required version from the menu.

Click Create labels to move on to the next step and define the required Labels if needed.

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