Apache Kafka Plug-in

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

Name	Assign a unique name to the Apache Kafka connection.
Broker connection	Enter the address of the broker. The port in the address is the port on the server that is used for the connection with Apache Kafka.
SSL	Verwendet SSL-Verschlüsselung. Der Server muss dies unterstützen, der entsprechende Port eingestellt sein.
Client ID	Display of the Client ID. The button „Generate“ creates a new ID.
Group ID	Display of the Group ID. The button „Generate“ creates a new ID.
User	Username for logging in to the server.
Passwort	Password for logging in to the server.
SASL Mechanism	Used for authentication. SASL authentication is supported over both unencrypted connections and TLS connections. You have the following options: PLAIN: Authentication with user and password. They are stored in the local Kafka configuration. SCRAM-SHA-256/512: credentials are stored centrally in ZooKeeper. This option can be used when ZooKeeper cluster nodes are running in an isolated private network. GSSAPI: Authentication at a Kerberos-Server.
Client certificate	Selection of a client certificate from the drop-down list, which the OPC Router also sends.
Trusted certificates	Select which certificates you want to accept. For example, only Windows certificates or only router certificates.
Connection timeout (ms)	Timeout in millisecond before the transfer gets cancelled.
Enable GZip	Enables zipping the messages. You can also define the compression level.
Wait for transmission result	Only acknowledge the message to the broker if the entire transfer was OK.
Consume interval (s)	Interval for the trigger to check for changed values of the topic.