Kafka

The configuration of a Kafka connection allows you to use Apache Kafka to receive event messages from nJAMS Client. Apache Kafka is a distributed event streaming-platform for high-performance message processing.

1. Enter the basic information for the Kafka connection:

   • Specify a name for the Kafka connection

   • Enter the address for the Kafka bootstrap server(s)

   • Select the offset for message consumption:

     • latest: start consuming messages from Kafka topic as of now

     • earliest: consumes earliest available messages from Kafka topic

   • Enable/disable collecting Statistics for topic

   • Change default Client-ID prefix using this connection (optional)

   • Change default consumer Group-ID prefix using this connection (optional)

2. Enter additional connection paramters as name/valu eparis