Apache Kafka Plug-in

You can set the following properties in the Apache Kafka plug-in configuration:

Name	Assign a unique name to the Apache Kafka connection.
Broker connection	Enter the broker address. The port in the address is the port on the server used to connect to Apache Kafka.
SSL	Uses SSL encryption. The server must support this and the corresponding port must be set.
Client ID	Use a unique client ID. You can generate a randomly created string using the "Generate" button.
Group ID	Use a unique group ID. You can generate a randomly created character string using the "Generate" button.
User	If user authentication is active, enter a user name.
Password	If user authentication is active, enter a password.
SASL mechanism	Used for authentication. SASL authentication is supported for both unencrypted connections and TLS connections. You have the following options: PLAIN: Authentication via user and password. These are stored locally in the Kafka configuration. SCRAM-SHA-256/512: Login information is stored in Zookeeper. This option can be used if ZooKeeper cluster nodes are running in an isolated private network. GSSAPI: Authentication with the Kerberos server.
Client certificate	Select a client certificate from the drop-down list, which the OPC Router sends along with the request.
Trusted certificates	Select which certificates should be accepted. Only Windows certificates or only router certificates.
Connection timeout (ms)	Timeout in milliseconds before the transfer is considered failed.
Enable Gzip	Messages between the broker and OPC Router can be compressed. You can also determine the degree of compression.
Wait for transfer result	Confirms the successful Kafka transfer only when the router connection with the transfer result OK has been completed.
Consume Interval (s)	Interval in which the trigger checks the topic.