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title: "Kafka Connection"
slug: "kafka-connection"
updated: 2024-10-04T16:54:24Z
published: 2024-10-04T16:54:24Z
canonical: "help.csgi.com/kafka-connection"
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# Kafka Connection

[Kafka Listeners](/v1/docs/kafka-listener) or [Kafka Write Adaptors](/v1/docs/kafka-write-adaptor) uses Kafka Connections.

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Kafka Connections can use several different connection configurations.The **Save Edits** button must be pressed to submit any changes to Connection details.

- **Connection Type: SASL**

- Currently, SASL is the only supported type
- There are three options for the encryption algorithm. This must match the Kafka cluster’s configuration.

- SCRAM SHA-256
- SCRAM SHA-512
- Plain text over TLS

- **User Name**

- Name of the user required for Kafka authentication

- **Password**

- Password required for Kafka authentication

- **Topic**

- Kafka Topic to be used for Connection.
- For a Kafka Listener, this is the Topic that will be consumed.
- For a Kafka Write Adaptor, this is the Topic that messages will be produced to.

- **Brokers**

- Click the **Add Broker** button to add additional Brokers.
- URL or IP address of Kafka Broker(s).
- It can be one or more Brokers within the same Kafka Cluster.  
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