Kafka TCP

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review the docid\ q srrshg45nmfefs759p overview kafka tcp integration enables an edge system to connect with a kafka broker supported versions compatible with kafka versions from 0 10 1 0 to 2 1 0 supported communication outbound (publish data from edge to kafka broker) yes inbound (subscribe data from kafka broker to edge) yes configurations variable detail required name enter a name for the connector yes brokers list of kafka brokers separated by comma (must be reachable from the edge system) yes sasl mechanism sasl mechanism values include none, sasl plaintext scram sha 256, and scram sha 512 this field can only be used if username is not empty yes username enter the username no password enter the user password no topic default topic for publishing yes throttling limit set a limit on the number of outbound messages per second if sending data to a server that has restrictions on the rate of incoming messages, this ensures that no messages are lost no persistent storage if enabled, messages in the outbound queue are stored on disk if there are interruptions in connection or power loss, messages will be retained and eventually sent when the connection is restored no queue mode select the sequence of data transfer fifo or lifo selecting fifo (first in first out) will send the earliest message first selecting lifo (last in first out) will send the latest message first no compatibility validation this information is just for reference more products and versions may be supported provided they are compatible with the supported version as mentioned above product version cloudkarafka 0 11 0 0