On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 9:44 AM, Jakub Scholz <ja...@scholz.cz> wrote:
> Hi, > > I have some questions about the configuration of the Kafka Connect REST > interface. > > 1) What are the configuration options rest.advertised.host.name > and rest.advertised.port useful for? The documentation says "If this is > set, this is the hostname that will be given out to other workers to > connect to." - does this mean that the workers actually talk with each > other through the REST interface? I thought that they coordinate through > Kafka brokers and the REST is only for users. > Yes, the workers do talk to each other. One of the workers will be designated as the leader, and the other(s) as followers. When a REST request is sent to a follower, the follower will forward the request to the leader to ensure that the response has correct/consistent information. > > 2) Is there some way how to secure the REST interface? I would be thinking > SSL encryption and possibly also SSL client authentication. In the docu, > the SSL related configuration parameters seem to be there only to connect > to Kafka brokers, but not for the REST interface. Unless there is something > hidden (and undocumented), I would probably raise a KIP because it seem to > me as valuable feature. > I see you found https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-4029, but I mention this in case others are looking for it. > > Thanks & Regards > Jakub >
