Authentication
This section provides a complete list of the Authentication properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.
| Property | Description |
| AuthScheme | Specifies the authentication scheme that the provider uses when connecting to the Apache Kafka broker. |
| AWSAccessKey | Your AWS account access key or the access key for an authorized IAM user. |
| AWSSecretKey | Your AWS account secret key or the secret key for an authorized IAM user. |
| User | Specifies the username used to authenticate to the Apache Kafka broker. |
| Password | Specifies the password used to authenticate to Apache Kafka for the selected authentication scheme. |
| BootstrapServers | Specifies the Kafka bootstrap servers that the provider uses to establish the initial connection to the Kafka cluster. |
| AWSRegion | The AWS region used to sign the MSK IAM authentication token. |
| AWSRoleARN | The optional Amazon Resource Name of the role to use when authenticating. |
| UseSSL | Specifies whether the provider negotiates SSL/TLS when connecting to the Apache Kafka broker. |