SASL authentication in Kafka - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to set the SASL mechanism to use SCRAM-SHA-256.

Kafka

props.put("sasl.mechanism", "[1]");

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ASCRAM-SHA-256

BPLAIN

CGSSAPI

DOAUTHBEARER

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Common Mistakes

Using PLAIN instead of SCRAM-SHA-256

Misspelling the mechanism name

The SASL mechanism must be set to SCRAM-SHA-256 to use that authentication method.

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medium

Complete the code to set the SASL JAAS config with username and password.

Kafka

props.put("sasl.jaas.config", "org.apache.kafka.common.security.scram.ScramLoginModule required username=\"[1]\" password=\"secret\";");

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Aadmin

Buser1

Cguest

Dkafka

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Common Mistakes

Using the wrong username

Forgetting to escape quotes properly

The username in the JAAS config must match the Kafka user, here kafka.

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hard

Fix the error in the SASL mechanism property key name.

Kafka

props.put("[1]", "SCRAM-SHA-512");

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Asasl.mech

Bsasl.mechanisms

Csasl.mechanism

Dsasl.mechanism.name

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Common Mistakes

Using plural or incorrect property keys

Adding extra suffixes to the key

The correct property key for SASL mechanism is sasl.mechanism.

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hard

Fill both blanks to configure SASL with SCRAM-SHA-512 and set the username.

Kafka

props.put("sasl.mechanism", "[1]");
props.put("sasl.jaas.config", "org.apache.kafka.common.security.scram.ScramLoginModule required username=\"[2]\" password=\"mypassword\";");

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ASCRAM-SHA-512

BSCRAM-SHA-256

CkafkaUser

DadminUser

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Mixing mechanism names

Using wrong usernames

Use SCRAM-SHA-512 for the mechanism and kafkaUser as the username.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to complete the SASL configuration with SCRAM-SHA-256, username, and password.

Kafka

props.put("sasl.mechanism", "[1]");
props.put("security.protocol", "[2]");
props.put("sasl.jaas.config", "org.apache.kafka.common.security.scram.ScramLoginModule required username=\"[3]\" password=\"pass123\";");

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ASCRAM-SHA-512

BSASL_SSL

CkafkaUser

DSCRAM-SHA-256

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using wrong security protocol

Confusing SCRAM-SHA-256 with SCRAM-SHA-512

Incorrect username

The SASL mechanism is SCRAM-SHA-256, the security protocol is SASL_SSL, and the username is kafkaUser.