Hi,
For our medium size application, we already have confluent kafka 6.2.1 deployed.
It’s now running in a secure environment, so it has no security enabled. In order to be more flexible on that regard, we want to add security features, starting with the simplest thing - a user/password authentication. It is also a prerequisite that we don’t introduce any additional infrastructure. We choose SASL_PLAIN. We configured it to the best of our understanding of the online documentation ( [Configuring PLAIN | Confluent Documentation] ) without the use of JAAS file. I will paste the configs at the bottom, first the problem:
when the client is trying to connect we get the following error:
NetworkClient - [Producer clientId=signings] Connection to node -1 (localhost/127.0.0.1:9093) failed authentication due to: Unexpected handshake request with client mechanism PLAIN, **enabled mechanisms are []**
client side we are using kafka-clients-2.7.1
seerver config (server.properties file without the by default commented lines) content:
broker.id=0
sasl.enabled.mechanisms=PLAIN
sasl.mechanism.inter.broker.protocol=PLAIN
#security.inter.broker.protocol=SASL_PLAINTEXT
listeners=PLAINTEXT://localhost:9092,SASL_PLAINTEXT://localhost:9093
#listeners=SASL_PLAINTEXT
advertised.listeners=PLAINTEXT://localhost:9092,SASL_PLAINTEXT://localhost:9093
#advertised.listeners=SASL_PLAINTEXT
inter.broker.listener.name=SASL_PLAINTEXT
#inter.broker.listener.name=SASL_PLAINTEXT
listener.security.protocol.map=SASL_PLAINTEXT:PLAINTEXT,SASL_PLAINTEXT://localhost:9093:PLAINTEXT,PLAINTEXT:PLAINTEXT
sasl.jaas.config=org.apache.kafka.common.security.plain.PlainLoginModule required \
username="admin" \
password="admin-secret" \
user_admin="admin-secret" \
user_kafkabroker1="kafkabroker1-secret";
num.network.threads=3
num.io.threads=8
socket.send.buffer.bytes=102400
socket.receive.buffer.bytes=102400
socket.request.max.bytes=104857600
############################# Log Basics #############################
log.dirs=../../../data/Kafka/data
num.partitions=1
num.recovery.threads.per.data.dir=1
offsets.topic.replication.factor=1
transaction.state.log.replication.factor=1
transaction.state.log.min.isr=1
log.retention.minutes=10
log.retention.bytes=104857600
log.segment.bytes=104857600
log.retention.check.interval.ms=300000
############################# Zookeeper #############################
zookeeper.connect=localhost:2181
zookeeper.connection.timeout.ms=18000
group.initial.rebalance.delay.ms=0
offsets.topic.num.partitions=3
server config shown in the console:
advertised.host.name = null
advertised.listeners = PLAINTEXT://localhost:9092,SASL_PLAINTEXT://localhost:9093
advertised.port = null
alter.config.policy.class.name = null
alter.log.dirs.replication.quota.window.num = 11
alter.log.dirs.replication.quota.window.size.seconds = 1
authorizer.class.name =
auto.create.topics.enable = true
auto.leader.rebalance.enable = true
background.threads = 10
broker.heartbeat.interval.ms = 2000
broker.id = 0
broker.id.generation.enable = true
broker.rack = null
broker.session.timeout.ms = 9000
client.quota.callback.class = null
compression.type = producer
connection.failed.authentication.delay.ms = 100
connections.max.idle.ms = 600000
connections.max.reauth.ms = 0
control.plane.listener.name = null
controlled.shutdown.enable = true
controlled.shutdown.max.retries = 3
controlled.shutdown.retry.backoff.ms = 5000
controller.listener.names = null
controller.quorum.append.linger.ms = 25
controller.quorum.election.backoff.max.ms = 1000
controller.quorum.election.timeout.ms = 1000
controller.quorum.fetch.timeout.ms = 2000
controller.quorum.request.timeout.ms = 2000
controller.quorum.retry.backoff.ms = 20
controller.quorum.voters = []
controller.quota.window.num = 11
controller.quota.window.size.seconds = 1
controller.socket.timeout.ms = 30000
create.topic.policy.class.name = null
default.replication.factor = 1
delegation.token.expiry.check.interval.ms = 3600000
delegation.token.expiry.time.ms = 86400000
delegation.token.master.key = null
delegation.token.max.lifetime.ms = 604800000
delegation.token.secret.key = null
delete.records.purgatory.purge.interval.requests = 1
delete.topic.enable = true
fetch.max.bytes = 57671680
fetch.purgatory.purge.interval.requests = 1000
group.initial.rebalance.delay.ms = 0
group.max.session.timeout.ms = 1800000
group.max.size = 2147483647
group.min.session.timeout.ms = 6000
host.name =
initial.broker.registration.timeout.ms = 60000
inter.broker.listener.name = SASL_PLAINTEXT
inter.broker.protocol.version = 2.8-IV1
kafka.metrics.polling.interval.secs = 10
kafka.metrics.reporters = []
leader.imbalance.check.interval.seconds = 300
leader.imbalance.per.broker.percentage = 10
listener.security.protocol.map = SASL_PLAINTEXT:PLAINTEXT,SASL_PLAINTEXT://localhost:9093:PLAINTEXT,PLAINTEXT:PLAINTEXT
listeners = PLAINTEXT://localhost:9092,SASL_PLAINTEXT://localhost:9093
log.cleaner.backoff.ms = 15000
log.cleaner.dedupe.buffer.size = 134217728
log.cleaner.delete.retention.ms = 86400000
log.cleaner.enable = true
log.cleaner.io.buffer.load.factor = 0.9
log.cleaner.io.buffer.size = 524288
log.cleaner.io.max.bytes.per.second = 1.7976931348623157E308
log.cleaner.max.compaction.lag.ms = 9223372036854775807
log.cleaner.min.cleanable.ratio = 0.5
log.cleaner.min.compaction.lag.ms = 0
log.cleaner.threads = 1
log.cleanup.policy = [delete]
log.dir = /tmp/kafka-logs
log.dirs = ../../../data/Kafka/data
log.flush.interval.messages = 9223372036854775807
log.flush.interval.ms = null
log.flush.offset.checkpoint.interval.ms = 60000
log.flush.scheduler.interval.ms = 9223372036854775807
log.flush.start.offset.checkpoint.interval.ms = 60000
log.index.interval.bytes = 4096
log.index.size.max.bytes = 10485760
log.message.downconversion.enable = true
log.message.format.version = 2.8-IV1
log.message.timestamp.difference.max.ms = 9223372036854775807
log.message.timestamp.type = CreateTime
log.preallocate = false
log.retention.bytes = 104857600
log.retention.check.interval.ms = 300000
log.retention.hours = 168
log.retention.minutes = 10
log.retention.ms = null
log.roll.hours = 168
log.roll.jitter.hours = 0
log.roll.jitter.ms = null
log.roll.ms = null
log.segment.bytes = 104857600
log.segment.delete.delay.ms = 60000
max.connection.creation.rate = 2147483647
max.connections = 2147483647
max.connections.per.ip = 2147483647
max.connections.per.ip.overrides =
max.incremental.fetch.session.cache.slots = 1000
message.max.bytes = 1048588
metadata.log.dir = null
metric.reporters = []
metrics.num.samples = 2
metrics.recording.level = INFO
metrics.sample.window.ms = 30000
min.insync.replicas = 1
node.id = -1
num.io.threads = 8
num.network.threads = 3
num.partitions = 1
num.recovery.threads.per.data.dir = 1
num.replica.alter.log.dirs.threads = null
num.replica.fetchers = 1
offset.metadata.max.bytes = 4096
offsets.commit.required.acks = -1
offsets.commit.timeout.ms = 5000
offsets.load.buffer.size = 5242880
offsets.retention.check.interval.ms = 600000
offsets.retention.minutes = 10080
offsets.topic.compression.codec = 0
offsets.topic.num.partitions = 3
offsets.topic.replication.factor = 1
offsets.topic.segment.bytes = 104857600
password.encoder.cipher.algorithm = AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding
password.encoder.iterations = 4096
password.encoder.key.length = 128
password.encoder.keyfactory.algorithm = null
password.encoder.old.secret = null
password.encoder.secret = null
port = 9092
principal.builder.class = null
process.roles = []
producer.purgatory.purge.interval.requests = 1000
queued.max.request.bytes = -1
queued.max.requests = 500
quota.consumer.default = 9223372036854775807
quota.producer.default = 9223372036854775807
quota.window.num = 11
quota.window.size.seconds = 1
replica.fetch.backoff.ms = 1000
replica.fetch.max.bytes = 1048576
replica.fetch.min.bytes = 1
replica.fetch.response.max.bytes = 10485760
replica.fetch.wait.max.ms = 500
replica.high.watermark.checkpoint.interval.ms = 5000
replica.lag.time.max.ms = 30000
replica.selector.class = null
replica.socket.receive.buffer.bytes = 65536
replica.socket.timeout.ms = 30000
replication.quota.window.num = 11
replication.quota.window.size.seconds = 1
request.timeout.ms = 30000
reserved.broker.max.id = 1000
sasl.client.callback.handler.class = null
sasl.enabled.mechanisms = [PLAIN]
sasl.jaas.config = [hidden]
sasl.kerberos.kinit.cmd = /usr/bin/kinit
sasl.kerberos.min.time.before.relogin = 60000
sasl.kerberos.principal.to.local.rules = [DEFAULT]
sasl.kerberos.service.name = null
sasl.kerberos.ticket.renew.jitter = 0.05
sasl.kerberos.ticket.renew.window.factor = 0.8
sasl.login.callback.handler.class = null
sasl.login.class = null
sasl.login.refresh.buffer.seconds = 300
sasl.login.refresh.min.period.seconds = 60
sasl.login.refresh.window.factor = 0.8
sasl.login.refresh.window.jitter = 0.05
sasl.mechanism.controller.protocol = GSSAPI
sasl.mechanism.inter.broker.protocol = PLAIN
sasl.server.callback.handler.class = null
security.inter.broker.protocol = PLAINTEXT
security.providers = null
socket.connection.setup.timeout.max.ms = 30000
socket.connection.setup.timeout.ms = 10000
socket.receive.buffer.bytes = 102400
socket.request.max.bytes = 104857600
socket.send.buffer.bytes = 102400
ssl.cipher.suites = []
ssl.client.auth = none
ssl.enabled.protocols = [TLSv1.2, TLSv1.3]
ssl.endpoint.identification.algorithm = https
ssl.engine.factory.class = null
ssl.key.password = null
ssl.keymanager.algorithm = SunX509
ssl.keystore.certificate.chain = null
ssl.keystore.key = null
ssl.keystore.location = null
ssl.keystore.password = null
ssl.keystore.type = JKS
ssl.principal.mapping.rules = DEFAULT
ssl.protocol = TLSv1.3
ssl.provider = null
ssl.secure.random.implementation = null
ssl.trustmanager.algorithm = PKIX
ssl.truststore.certificates = null
ssl.truststore.location = null
ssl.truststore.password = null
ssl.truststore.type = JKS
transaction.abort.timed.out.transaction.cleanup.interval.ms = 10000
transaction.max.timeout.ms = 900000
transaction.remove.expired.transaction.cleanup.interval.ms = 3600000
transaction.state.log.load.buffer.size = 5242880
transaction.state.log.min.isr = 1
transaction.state.log.num.partitions = 50
transaction.state.log.replication.factor = 1
transaction.state.log.segment.bytes = 104857600
transactional.id.expiration.ms = 604800000
unclean.leader.election.enable = false
zookeeper.clientCnxnSocket = null
zookeeper.connect = localhost:2181
zookeeper.connection.timeout.ms = 18000
zookeeper.max.in.flight.requests = 10
zookeeper.session.timeout.ms = 18000
zookeeper.set.acl = false
zookeeper.ssl.cipher.suites = null
zookeeper.ssl.client.enable = false
zookeeper.ssl.crl.enable = false
zookeeper.ssl.enabled.protocols = null
zookeeper.ssl.endpoint.identification.algorithm = HTTPS
zookeeper.ssl.keystore.location = null
zookeeper.ssl.keystore.password = null
zookeeper.ssl.keystore.type = null
zookeeper.ssl.ocsp.enable = false
zookeeper.ssl.protocol = TLSv1.2
zookeeper.ssl.truststore.location = null
zookeeper.ssl.truststore.password = null
zookeeper.ssl.truststore.type = null
zookeeper.sync.time.ms = 2000
client config shown in console:
allow.auto.create.topics = true
auto.commit.interval.ms = 5000
auto.offset.reset = latest
bootstrap.servers = [localhost:9093]
check.crcs = true
client.dns.lookup = use_all_dns_ips
client.id = notifications
client.rack =
connections.max.idle.ms = 540000
default.api.timeout.ms = 60000
enable.auto.commit = false
exclude.internal.topics = true
fetch.max.bytes = 52428800
fetch.max.wait.ms = 500
fetch.min.bytes = 1
group.id = wvcs:7d65616877c7a7a6bb8c20ed06d293d9
group.instance.id = null
heartbeat.interval.ms = 3000
interceptor.classes = []
internal.leave.group.on.close = true
internal.throw.on.fetch.stable.offset.unsupported = false
isolation.level = read_uncommitted
key.deserializer = class org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer
max.partition.fetch.bytes = 1048576
max.poll.interval.ms = 300000
max.poll.records = 500
metadata.max.age.ms = 300000
metric.reporters = []
metrics.num.samples = 2
metrics.recording.level = INFO
metrics.sample.window.ms = 30000
partition.assignment.strategy = [class org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.RangeAssignor]
receive.buffer.bytes = 65536
reconnect.backoff.max.ms = 1000
reconnect.backoff.ms = 50
request.timeout.ms = 30000
retry.backoff.ms = 100
sasl.client.callback.handler.class = null
sasl.jaas.config = [hidden]
sasl.kerberos.kinit.cmd = /usr/bin/kinit
sasl.kerberos.min.time.before.relogin = 60000
sasl.kerberos.service.name = null
sasl.kerberos.ticket.renew.jitter = 0.05
sasl.kerberos.ticket.renew.window.factor = 0.8
sasl.login.callback.handler.class = null
sasl.login.class = null
sasl.login.refresh.buffer.seconds = 300
sasl.login.refresh.min.period.seconds = 60
sasl.login.refresh.window.factor = 0.8
sasl.login.refresh.window.jitter = 0.05
sasl.mechanism = PLAIN
security.protocol = SASL_PLAINTEXT
security.providers = null
send.buffer.bytes = 131072
session.timeout.ms = 10000
socket.connection.setup.timeout.max.ms = 127000
socket.connection.setup.timeout.ms = 10000
ssl.cipher.suites = null
ssl.enabled.protocols = [TLSv1.2, TLSv1.3]
ssl.endpoint.identification.algorithm = https
ssl.engine.factory.class = null
ssl.key.password = null
ssl.keymanager.algorithm = SunX509
ssl.keystore.certificate.chain = null
ssl.keystore.key = null
ssl.keystore.location = null
ssl.keystore.password = null
ssl.keystore.type = JKS
ssl.protocol = TLSv1.3
ssl.provider = null
ssl.secure.random.implementation = null
ssl.trustmanager.algorithm = PKIX
ssl.truststore.certificates = null
ssl.truststore.location = null
ssl.truststore.password = null
ssl.truststore.type = JKS
value.deserializer = class agb.serializer.NotificationDeserializer