This article explains how to configure LDAP authentication for a Confluent Kafka cluster TL;DR: Sample LDAP Authentication Configuration File OpenLDAP Config File Configuration variables # Connection to LDAP Service
LDAP_HOSTNAME="openldap.example.com"
LDAP_PORT=389
LDAP_BIND_USERNAME="exampleUser"
LDAP_BIND_DN="cn=${LDAP_BIND_USERNAME},ou=KafkaUsers,dc=example,dc=com"
LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD="examplePassword"
USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE="cn"
USER_OBJECT_CLASS="person"
USER_SEARCH_BASE="ou=KafkaUsers,dc=example,dc=com"
PASSWORD_ATTRIBUTE="userPassword"