Kafka

Kafka Sink

The Kafka sink can deliver events to Kafka servers.

Configure the general sink settings including any TLS settings, then specify the Kafka specific settings below.

Kafka Sink Settings

Bootstrap Servers

Specify the Kafka bootstrap servers. A comma separated list can be used to specify multiple bootstrap servers to deliver to, with an optional port per bootstrap serrver. e.g.:

• 10.14.22.123:9092,10.14.22.124:9092

• 10.14.22.123:9092

• 10.14.22.123

Compression (default: None)

Specify the compression algorithm to use to compress event and metric data. The default compression is No compression.

Topic

The Kafka topic name to write events to.

Note: This parameter supports Vector's template syntax, which enables you to use dynamic per-event values.

SASL (Optional)

Configuration for SASL authentication when interacting with Kafka.

SASL Mechanism - The SASL mechanism to use.

SASL Username - The SASL username.

SASL Password - The SASL password.