Kafka Collector (app-discovery-kafka)

This collector connects to a Kafka node to obtain the IP address, version, and consumer information of the Kafka node. For details about the configuration parameters, see Table 1.

**Table 1** Parameters for configuring the Kafka collector
Parameter	Mandatory	Configuration
output_path	No	Enter the storage path of the collection result file (app-discovery-kafka-xxx.csv). If this parameter is left blank, the storage path defaults to <collector-installation-path>\output\file. Example: C:\Edge\tools\plugins\collectors\app-discovery-collectors\python\mgc-app-discovery-collectors\app-discovery-kafka\output\file\app-discovery-kafka-xxx.csv
cert_file	No	If auth is set to 3, set this parameter to the absolute path of the SSL cert_file file.
ca_file	No	If auth is set to 3, set this parameter to the absolute path of the SSL ca_file file.
password	No	Enter the login password.
username	No	If auth is set to 2 or 3, set this parameter to the username for logging in to Kafka.
auth	Yes	Specify the Kafka authentication method. 0: indicates no authentication is required. 1: indicates the PLAINTEXT authentication. 2: indicates the SASL_PLAINTEXT authentication. 3: indicates SASL_SSL authentication.
endpoint	Yes	Enter the Kafka connection address, for example, 127.0.0.1:9092.