Thanks Ben for your prompt reply. But when I am trying to start the producer it throws this error.
org.apache.kafka.common.KafkaException: Failed to construct kafka producer at org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.KafkaProducer.<init>(KafkaProducer.java:321) at org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.KafkaProducer.<init>(KafkaProducer.java:181) at kafka.producer.NewShinyProducer.<init>(BaseProducer.scala:36) at kafka.tools.ConsoleProducer$.main(ConsoleProducer.scala:46) at kafka.tools.ConsoleProducer.main(ConsoleProducer.scala) Caused by: org.apache.kafka.common.KafkaException: org.apache.kafka.common.KafkaException: java.io.IOException: Keystore was tampered with, or password was incorrect at org.apache.kafka.common.network.SslChannelBuilder.configure(SslChannelBuilder.java:44) at org.apache.kafka.common.network.ChannelBuilders.create(ChannelBuilders.java:60) at org.apache.kafka.clients.ClientUtils.createChannelBuilder(ClientUtils.java:80) at org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.KafkaProducer.<init>(KafkaProducer.java:271) ... 4 more Caused by: org.apache.kafka.common.KafkaException: java.io.IOException: Keystore was tampered with, or password was incorrect at org.apache.kafka.common.security.ssl.SslFactory.configure(SslFactory.java:95) at org.apache.kafka.common.network.SslChannelBuilder.configure(SslChannelBuilder.java:41) ... 7 more Caused by: java.io.IOException: Keystore was tampered with, or password was incorrect at sun.security.provider.JavaKeyStore.engineLoad(JavaKeyStore.java:772) at sun.security.provider.JavaKeyStore$JKS.engineLoad(JavaKeyStore.java:55) at java.security.KeyStore.load(KeyStore.java:1226) at org.apache.kafka.common.security.ssl.SslFactory$SecurityStore.load(SslFactory.java:191) at org.apache.kafka.common.security.ssl.SslFactory$SecurityStore.access$000(SslFactory.java:175) at org.apache.kafka.common.security.ssl.SslFactory.createSSLContext(SslFactory.java:119) at org.apache.kafka.common.security.ssl.SslFactory.configure(SslFactory.java:93) ... 8 more Caused by: java.security.UnrecoverableKeyException: Password verification failed at sun.security.provider.JavaKeyStore.engineLoad(JavaKeyStore.java:770) ... 14 more I tried recreating the keystore but still same issuse. On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 9:37 PM, Ben Stopford <b...@confluent.io> wrote: > Hi Ritesh > > You just need to create yourself a text file called client-ssl.properties > or similar in the directory your running from. In that file you put your > SSL client information. Something like this: > > security.protocol = SSL > ssl.truststore.location = "/var/private/ssl/kafka.client.truststore.jks" > ssl.truststore.password = "test1234" > > If you prefer you can pass these on the command line too with the > producer/consumer-property option too. > > There’s some documentation here < > http://docs.confluent.io/2.0.0/kafka/ssl.html#configuring-kafka-clients> > if you’d like more info. > > All the best > > Ben > > > > On 9 Dec 2015, at 14:17, Ritesh Sinha <kumarriteshranjansi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am following the kafka documentation to create encryption and > > authentication while sending message to kafka by ssl > > > > I got stuck at these commands > > > > kafka-console-producer.sh --broker-list localhost:9093 --topic test > > --producer.config *client-ssl.properties* > > > > kafka-console-consumer.sh --bootstrap-server localhost:9093 --topic > > test --new-consumer --consumer.config *client-ssl.properties* > > > > *I*t is asking for *client-ssl.properties* for producer and consumer > > config. I am not sure what these files are.I am able to follow these > > steps : > > > > Generate SSL key and certificate for each Kafka broker > > Creating your own CA > > <http://kafka.apache.org/documentation.html#security_ssl_ca> > > Signing the certificate > > Configuring Kafka Brokers > > > > Can anyone help me in understanding what file does producer config needs > > exactly? > > > > Thanks in Advance > >