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hanwei edited comment on KAFKA-6496 at 2/1/18 8:57 AM: ------------------------------------------------------- [~Ronald van de Kuil] Do you encounter any problems? I don't think it affect you to use kafka inside vm created by openstack. Because neutron will create nat rule for every vm, and your floating-ip will convert fix-ip automatically while passed to kafka inside vm. was (Author: hanwei): [~Ronald van de Kuil] Do you encounter any problem? I don't think it affect you to use kafka inside vm created by openstack. Because neutron will create nat rule for every vm, and your floating-ip will convert fix-ip automatically while passed to kafka inside vm. > NAT and Kafka > ------------- > > Key: KAFKA-6496 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-6496 > Project: Kafka > Issue Type: Improvement > Affects Versions: 1.0.0 > Reporter: Ronald van de Kuil > Priority: Critical > > Hi, > As far as I know Kafka itself does not support NAT based on a test that I did > with my physical router. > > I can imagine that a real use case exists where NAT is desirable. For > example, an OpenStack installation where Kafka hides behind floating ip > addresses. > > Are there any plans, to make Kafka NAT friendly? > > Best Regards, > Ronald -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)