Configuring Kafka Accounts
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- Kafka Account
- Kafka Kerberos Account
- Kafka MSK IAM Account
- Azure Event Hubs configuration in Azure portal for Kafka SSL Account
- Application Configuration in Azure Portal for Kafka OAuth2 Account
- Kafka OAuth2 Account
- Authenticating to Confluent Cloud using OAuth/OIDC with Auth0 as Identity Provider
- Kafka SSL Account
Overview
You must create Confluent Kafka accounts to connect to data sources that you want to use in your Pipelines.
Snap-Account Compatibility
Snap | Protocols Supported | No Account | |||
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✖ | ✖ | ✖ | TLS/SSL | ✔ | |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | TLS/SSL | ✖ | |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | TLS/SSL | ✖ |
Configuring Confluent Kafka Accounts
You can configure your Confluent Kafka accounts in SnapLogic using either the Designer or Manager.
Using SnapLogic Designer
Drag a Kafka Snap to the Canvas and click the Snap to open its settings. Click the Account tab. You can now either use an existing account or create a new one.
Selecting an existing account
SnapLogic organizes and displays all accounts to which you have access, sorting them by account type and location. To select an existing account:
Click the icon to view the accounts to which you have access and select the account that you want to use.
Click to save the Snap settings.
Creating an account
Click Add Account in the Account Reference dialog.
Select the Location in which you want to create the account, select the account type, and click Continue. The Add Account dialog associated with the account type appears.
Enter the required account details. For detailed guidance on how to provide information associated with each account type, use the following links:
Click Validate to verify the account, if the account type supports validation.
Click Apply to complete configuring the Kafka account.
Using SnapLogic Manager
Use Manager to create accounts without associating them immediately with Pipelines.
Accounts in SnapLogic are associated with projects. You can use accounts created in other projects only if you have at least Read access to them.
In the left pane, browse to the project in which you want to create the account and click Create > Account > Confluent Kafka, followed by the appropriate account type.
Repeat the steps numbered 3 through 5 in the Creating an account section.
Account Encryption
Standard Encryption | If you use Standard Encryption, the High sensitivity settings under Enhanced Encryption are used. |
Enhanced Encryption | If the account you are using has the Enhanced Encryption feature, the account fields are encrypted for each sensitivity level as shown below:
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Troubleshooting
Error | Reason | Resolution |
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The message size exceeds the default message limit. | By default, the message size limit is 1 MB. To increase this limit, you must change a few settings in the Confluent Kafka broker and Snap account. On the Confluent Kafka broker side, set the | In the Advanced Kafka Properties field of the applicable Snap account settings, you must add For example, you can increase the message size limit to 15 MB in any one of the following ways:
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