Hi Dale, That seems like a very good suggestion. Go for it. Thanks, Andrew
On 2026/03/01 20:47:11 Dale Lane wrote: > The Kafka Connect documentation don't seem to specify what Kafka permissions > are required for the Connect workers, leaving users to figure out the > required permissions when provisioning Connect in secured clusters. > > There is a table in the Connect User Guide for enabling Exactly-Once Support > [1] that lists required permissions and the reasons they're needed (but only > for the additional ACLs needed to enable EOS). > > I propose adding a similar section for Kafka Connect in general, documenting > the minimum ACLs required by the Connect worker (e.g. for internal topics, > group membership, etc.), adopting the same format to explain why each > permission is needed. This would help users create appropriate credentials > for Connect without having to infer permissions from error messages. > > Would this be a welcome docs improvement? If there are no objections, I’m > happy to open a Jira issue for this and draft a proposal. > D > -- > dalelane.co.uk > > [1] - https://kafka.apache.org/42/kafka-connect/user-guide/#acl-requirements
