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:
- Apache Kafka with Kerberos: kafka.apache.org/documentation/#security_sasl_kerberos
- Kerberos credentials settings: kafka.apache.org/documentation/#security_sasl_kerberos_clientconfig
- Apache Kafka Admin client configuration: kafka.apache.org/documentation/#adminclientconfigs
- Apache Kafka Admin API: kafka.apache.org/documentation/#adminapi
- MSGMX connect: connect