How Do I Connect to DMS for Kafka That Uses SASL Authentication?

Symptom

Configure a real-time connection for connecting to DMS for Kafka for which SASL authentication is enabled, so that the job can run properly and synchronize data.

Solution

1. Enable Kafka SASL_SSL when creating a DMS for Kafka connection.
   Figure 1 Enabling Kafka SASL_SSL
   

2. Add two link properties based on the authentication configuration of DMS for Kafka.

   security.protocol=SASL_SSL/SASL_PLAINTEXT

   sasl.mechanism=PLAIN/SCRAM-SHA-512

   Figure 2 Adding link attributes
   

3. Enter the username and password and save the connection.