Create Kafka credentials

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated March 12, 2026
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    • Configure credentials for your Apache Kafka connection.

    Before you begin

    Role required: connection_admin or message_replication_admin

    About this task

    Configure connection and credential records for connecting to your local Apache Kafka environment.
    • The connection record contains the information required for making the connection to your local Kafka. Connection records are stored in the Kafka Connections [kafka_connection] table.
    • The credential record stores the authentication data required for the connection. Credential records are stored in the Kafka credentials [kafka_credentials] table.
    After you've created both the connection record and the credential record, you can Create a Connection & Credential alias, which links your connection information and the credential data under a single name.

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to All > IntegrationHub > Connections & Credentials > Credentials.
    2. Select New.
    3. On the form asking what type of credentials you would like to create, select Kafka credentials.
    4. On the Kafka credentials form, fill in the fields.
      For a description of the fields, see Kafka credentials fields.
    5. Select Submit.

    What to do next

    Configure a Kafka connection.