Kafka integration
You must configure Kafka in Unica Platform for the Journey node.
Accessing Kafka_Configurations in Unica Platform
To access Kafka_Configurations, complete the following steps:
- On Unica Platform, navigate to .
- Expand the Journey node.
- Select Kafka_Configurations.
- Select Edit settings.
Mandatory configurations based on CommunicationMechanism value
In the (Kafka_Configurations) page, you can select one of the following values for the CommunicationMechanism field:
- NO_SASLPLAINTEXT_SSL
- SASL_PLAINTEXT
- SSL
- SASL_PLAINTEXT_SSL
Based on your selection, the following fields become mandatory:
Field name | NO_SASLPLAIN TEXT_SSL |
SASL_PLAIN TEXT |
SSL | SASL_PLAIN TEXT_SSL |
---|---|---|---|---|
KafkaBrokerURL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
TopicName | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
sasl.mechanism | Yes | Yes | ||
UserForKafkaData | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
sasl.jaas.config.data Source |
Yes | Yes | ||
truststore.location | Yes | Yes | ||
truststore.password.data Source |
Yes | Yes | ||
keystore.location | Yes | Yes | ||
keystore.password.data Source |
Yes | Yes | ||
key.password.dataSource | Optional | Optional | ||
ssl.endpoint.identification. algorithm |
Yes | Yes |
Make the necessary configurations and click Save
changes.
Note: Running out of disk storage and abruptly shut down the
kafka server due to the large size of kafka logs file.