Apache Kafka Plug-in

You can configure the following properties in the Apache Kafka plug-in settings:

Name	Assign a unique name to the Apache Kafka connection.
Broker Connection	Enter the broker's address. The port in the address is the port on the server used for the connection to Apache Kafka.
SSL	Uses SSL encryption. The server must support this, and the corresponding port must be configured.
Client ID	Use a unique client ID. Click the “Generate” button to generate a random string.
Group ID	Use a unique Group ID. Click the “Generate” button to generate a random string.
User	If user authentication is enabled, enter a username.
Password	If user authentication is enabled, enter a password.
SASL mechanism	Used for authentication. SASL authentication is supported over both unencrypted and TLS connections. You have the following options: PLAIN: Authentication via username and password. These are stored locally in the Kafka configuration. SCRAM-SHA-256/512: Credentials are stored in ZooKeeper. This option can be used when ZooKeeper cluster nodes are running on an isolated private network. GSSAPI: Authentication via 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: Windows certificates only or router certificates only.
Connection timeout (ms)	Timeout in milliseconds before the transfer is considered to have failed.
Enable Gzip	Messages between the broker and the OPC Router can be compressed. You can also specify the compression level.
Wait for transmission result	Confirms the successful Kafka transfer only after the router flow has been completed with a transfer result of "OK."
Consume Interval (s)	Interval at which the trigger checks the topic.