Supported Kafka Connections
GlassFlow supports connecting to Kafka clusters with multiple protocols and authentication methods. This page lists the supported options and how to configure them.
Configuration examples below refer to the pipeline source connection parameters. You can configure these via the Web UI or API.
Connection Protocols
Set the Security Protocol (protocol) according to your broker configuration:
- PLAINTEXT
- SASL_PLAINTEXT
- SSL
- SASL_SSL
SASL Authentication
Set one of the following Authentication Methods (mechanism):
- PLAIN
- SCRAM-SHA-256
- SCRAM-SHA-512
On the UI, you can disable authentication entirely by selecting “No authentication” in the authentication method dropdown. On the Python SDK, you can set the skip_auth flag to true.
When authentication is enabled, the following fields are required:
mechanism(one of the above)usernamepassword
TLS Configuration
Enable TLS via protocol SSL/SASL_SSL and optionally supply root_ca to trust a custom CA.
Client certificate authentication (mTLS) is not supported.
Example Configurations
PLAINTEXT (no auth)
Web UI
SASL/PLAIN over TLS
Web UI
SASL/SCRAM-SHA-256
Web UI
SSL (no SASL)
Web UI
