node-red-contrib-kafkajs

node-red-contrib-kafkajs

This node can be used in order to produce and consume messages to Kafka. It is highly depends on 'kafkajs' library. Consists three nodes.

This node is an advanced alternative to https://github.com/emrebekar/node-red-contrib-kafka-client

• kafka-client
• kafka-producer
• kafka-consumer

Further details can be found in following pages:

• Client Configuration: https://kafka.js.org/docs/configuration
• Consuming Messages: https://kafka.js.org/docs/consuming
• Producing Messages: https://kafka.js.org/docs/producing

Input Parameters

kafkajs-client

Name (Optional)

Name wanted to be shown in Node

Brokers

Brokers comma delimited (Multiple host is provided)

Client ID

ID of client to be connected to Kafka Cluster

Request Timeout

Request timeout of Kafka Client

Connection Timeout

Connection timeout of Kafka Client

Log Level

Log level of Kafka Cient

Authentication

TLS

Check if tls security is required for Kafka Cluster

CA Certs (Optional)

CA Root certificate path defined in Kafka Cluster

Client Cert (Optional)

Client cert path created by openssl derived from Private Key (pem)

Private Key (Optional)

Private Key path created by openssl (pem)

Passphare (Optional)

Passphrase of created private Key

Self Sign

Check if want to be allowed untrusted certificates

SASL/PLAIN

Check if sasl auth is required for Kafka Cluster

Username

Username in order to connect to Kafka Cluster

Password

Password in order to connect to Kafka Cluster

Use SSL

Activate SSL Connection

Advanced Retry Options

Advanced Retry Options of Kafka Client

kafkajs-producer

Name (Optional)

Name wanted to be shown on your node

Client

Client which is wanted to be connect

Topic

Topic name of selected broker which is wanted to be consume

Advanced Options

Advanced options of Producer

Some parameters can be send over kafka pipe.

Notice: Parameters in Producer Node have to be null

msg.key msg.topic msg.partition msg.headers

kafkajs-consumer

Name (Optional)

Name wanted to be shown on your node

Client

Client which is wanted to be connect

Group ID

Group ID of consumer. If it is null, custom uuid will be generated for every connection

Topic

Topic name of selected broker which is wanted to be consume

Advanced Options

Advanced options of Consumer

Installation

npm install node-red-contrib-kafkajs

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