Configure Jager Collector to work with Kafka With Basic Authentication

[vipinvkmenon]

Requirement -

Looking to integrate with Kafka which is provided by a platform Service. However, the kafka service provided by the platform only supports basic authentication

Problem -

The jager documentation or options did not indicate support for Kafka basic authentication

As a result, we would not be able to integrate our Jaeger solution with existing Kafka Services provided with our platform

Proposal -

Jaeger to support authentication mechanisms provided by Kafka

Any open questions to address

Is it available? Is it documentation that I possibly missed? Or is there a reason why it was not implemented?
(Maybe some best practise that I am unaware of)

[yurishkuro]

Wouldn't basic auth be sent in clear text? I can see how it can be useful with HTTPS, but without TLS is sounds like an anti-pattern.

But, if the sarama driver supports it, it is fairly easy to add.

[vipinvkmenon]

@yurishkuro
Thank you for your quick reply. Also Loved your book :)
In this case, the Kafka service provides IPs that can only be accessed within the boun application
IE The IP cannot be externally accessed and only the service/app (Jaeger Collector/Jaeger Ingestor) bound to the Kafka service would have access to the network which has Kafka in it.

[chandresh-pancholi]

I am picking it up if anyone haven't started.