Kafka SSL Integration Guide

review the following guide for setting up an integration between manufacturing connect edge and a kafka broker using ssl authentication before you begin you will need the following access to a kafka broker that uses ssl authentication the ca certificate and other required authentication parameters needed to access the broker refer to the following links to learn more apache kafka download encrypt and authenticate with tls openssl downloads step 1 add device follow the steps to connect a device docid\ rfvijdxz7dbad8mwbisma the device will be used to store tags that will be eventually used to create outbound topics in the connector make sure to select the enable data store checkbox step 2 add tags after connecting the device in manufacturing connect edge, you can add tags docid\ ioanzd2awqnkuppgee3eh to the device create tags that you want to use to create outbound topics for the connector step 3 add kafka ssl connector follow the steps to add a connector docid\ m2nifnaadyphcvzwmcoto and select the kafka ssl provider configure the following parameters name enter a name for the connector brokers list separated by comma enter the kafka broker url for example 192 168 56 1 sasl mechanism select an option none, sasl plaintext, scram sha 256, scram sha 512 username (optional) if needed, enter the username to access the broker password (optional) if needed, enter the password associated with the username ca certificate paste or upload the ca certificate associated with the broker certificate paste or upload the ssl certificate private key enter or paste the ssl private key topic enter the name of the default topic used for publishing data throttling limit the maximum number of messages per second to be processed the default value is zero, which means that there is no limit persistent storage when enabled, this will cause messages to undergo a store and forward procedure messages will be stored within manufacturing connect edge when cloud providers are online queue mode select the queue mode as lifo (last in first out) or fifo (first in first out) selecting lifo means that the last data entry is processed first, and selecting fifo means the first data entry is processed first step 4 enable the connector after adding the connector, click the toggle in the connector tile to enable it if you see a failed status, you can review the manage connectors docid\ zz28hztqbk7od xsj81o8 and relevant error messages step 5 create topics for connector you will now need to import the tag you added in step 3 to the connector as topics topics must already exist on the kafka server to avoid errors using non existent kafka topics will result in errors in logs, failed connection and/or persisted storage to create outbound topics click the connector tile the connector dashboard appears click the topics tab click the import from devicehub tags icon the devicehub import dialog box appears select all the tags to import and click import after adding all required topics, navigate to the integration overview page and ensure the connector is not disabled and still shows a connected status step 6 enable topics to enable the topics, return to the topics tab and click the enable all topics icon step 7 verify connection access the kafka broker and verify that manufacturing connect edge is successfully sending data