Kerberos Authentication Notes

If the Apache Kafka Cluster is secured using Kerberos protocol, note the following information.

Kerberos Authentication and MSGMX

If the Apache Kafka-Cluster is secured with Kerberos, you can still manage the cluster with MSGMX. MSGMX uses the Apache Kafka native administrative scripts (kafka-topics, kafka-acls, kafka-configs, etc.), which in turn uses the Kafka Admin API.

MSGMX, via the administrative scripts, uses the connect command's --command-config option to read a specified properties file that contains credentials that you configure.

For more details, see the following: