[KAFKA-5555] unable to set sasl Mechanism via KafkaLog4jAppender

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: logging, security
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Ahmed JEMAI
• Created: 04/Jul/17 16:03
• Updated: 03/Aug/18 21:48

Description

when using SASL_SSL/PLAINTEXT mode in kafka it's not possible from kafkaLog4jAppender to connect via this mechanism, since the default value is GSSPI, which will request kerberos service name.
Actually the options in the appender doesn't take into account the option:
saslmechanism=PLAIN