Connecting to IBM Event Streams on IBM Cloud Private

Generate an API key, download the truststore file, and pass truststore and security protocol properties. The protocol is SASL_SSL.

1. Generate an API key.

   For instructions, see 4 of Using IBM® EventStreams as your Kafka provider. For IBM Business Automation Insights, the Operator IBM Event Streams role (or higher) is required to read and write to Kafka topics.

2. Download the truststore .jks file.

   Retrieve the truststore from the IBM Event Streams user interface. For instructions, see 3 of Using IBM EventStreams as your Kafka provider.

3. Add the following properties to the event emitter configuration.
   Note: If the configuration uses the plugin-configuration.properties file, the following properties must be prefixed with com.ibm.rules.bai.plugin..

   kafka.security.protocol

   The value is SASL_SSL.

   kafka.ssl.truststore.location

   The full path to the truststore JKS file that you created previously.

   kafka.ssl.truststore.password

   The password to the truststore.

   kafka.ssl.mechanism

   The value is PLAIN.

   kafka.ssl.protocol

   The value is TLSv1.2.

   kafka.sasl.jaas.config

   The template is org.apache.kafka.common.security.plain.PlainLoginModule required username="token" password="<api_key>";