You can configure communications from the ODM event emitter to your Kafka server in plain
text (no encryption, no authentication), or secured through SSL encryption, authentication with a
username and password, or over Kerberos.
About this task
When you configure the ODM event emitter, you can pass configuration parameters for
specific requirements concerning the security of communications to Kafka.
What to do next
Whichever security mode you choose, you must pass the Kafka parameters to the ODM event
emitter. Move on to
Enabling and configuring the ODM event emitter.