Confluent Cloud

Confluent Cloud source plugin

The Confluent Cloud source plugin lets you retrieve data from Confluent Cloud and ingest it into Chronosphere Telemetry Pipeline.

Supported telemetry types

This plugin supports these telemetry types:

LogsMetricsTraces

Configuration parameters

Use the parameters in this section to configure your plugin. The Telemetry Pipeline web interface uses the values in the Name column to describe the parameters. Items in the Key column are the YAML keys to use in pipeline configuration files.

General

NameKeyDescriptionDefault
Confluent Cloud Bootstrap ServersbrokersRequired. The Confluent Cloud bootstrap found within the configuration settings.[YOUR_BOOTSTRAP_SERVER].confluent.cloud:9092
Confluent Cloud TopictopicsRequired. The Confluent Cloud topic to read information from.none
Confluent Cloud API Keyrdkafka.sasl.usernameYour Confluent Cloud API key.none
Confluent Cloud API Secretrdkafka.sasl.passwordRequired. Your Confluent Cloud API secret.none

Advanced

NameKeyDescriptionDefault
Minimum Queued Messagesrdkafka.queued.min.messagesThe minimum number of messages per topic and partition that Telemetry Pipeline tries to maintain in the local consumer queue.10
Session Timeout (ms)rdkafka.session.timeout.msHow long Telemetry Pipeline waits before terminating a session connection.45000
Security Protocolrdkafka.security.protocolThe security protocol for Azure Event Hub. If you require OAuth or OpenID, contact Chronosphere Support.SASL_SSL
SASL Mechanismrdkafka.sasl.mechanismThe transport mechanism for the SASL connection.PLAIN

Security and TLS

NameKeyDescriptionDefault
TLStlsEnable or disable TLS/SSL support. Accepted values: true, false.false
TLS Certificate Validationtls.verifyTurn TLS/SSL certificate validation on or off. TLS must be on for this setting to be enabled.on
TLS Debug Leveltls.debugSet TLS debug verbosity level. Accepted values: 0 (No debug), 1 (Error), 2 (State change), 3 (Informational), 4 (Verbose).1
CA Certificate File Pathtls.ca_fileAbsolute path to CA certificate file.none
Certificate File Pathtls.crt_fileAbsolute path to certificate file.none
Private Key File Pathtls.key_fileAbsolute path to private key file.none
Private Key Path Passwordtls.key_passwdOptional password for tls.key_file file.none
TLS SNI Hostname Extensiontls.vhostHostname to be used for TLS SNI extension.none