Chapter 82. KafkaClientAuthenticationPlain schema reference

Used in: KafkaBridgeSpec, KafkaConnectSpec, KafkaMirrorMaker2ClusterSpec, KafkaMirrorMakerConsumerSpec, KafkaMirrorMakerProducerSpec

Full list of KafkaClientAuthenticationPlain schema properties

To configure SASL-based PLAIN authentication, set the type property to plain. The SASL PLAIN authentication mechanism requires a username and password.

authentication:
  type: plain
  username: my-connect-username
  passwordSecret:
    secretName: my-connect-secret-name
    password: my-password-field-name

In the passwordSecret property, specify a link to a Secret containing the password.

You can use the secrets created by the User Operator.

If required, create a text file that contains the password, in cleartext, to use for authentication:

echo -n <password> > <my_password>.txt

You can then create a Secret from the text file, setting your own field name (key) for the password:

oc create secret generic <my-connect-secret-name> --from-file=<my_password_field_name>=./<my_password>.txt

apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: my-connect-secret-name
type: Opaque
data:
  my-password-field-name: LFTIyFRFlMmU2N2Tm

The secretName property contains the name of the Secret and the password property contains the name of the key under which the password is stored inside the Secret.