- #### bootstrap.servers

  A list of host/port pairs used to establish the initial connection to the Kafka cluster. Clients use this list to bootstrap and discover the full set of Kafka brokers. While the order of servers in the list does not matter, we recommend including more than one server to ensure resilience if any servers are down. This list does not need to contain the entire set of brokers, as Kafka clients automatically manage and update connections to the cluster efficiently. This list must be in the form `host1:port1,host2:port2,...`.

  Type: | list
  Default: |
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | high

- #### config.storage.topic

  The name of the Kafka topic where connector configurations are stored

  Type: | string
  Default: |
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | high

- #### group.id

  A unique string that identifies the Connect cluster group this worker belongs to.

  Type: | string
  Default: |
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | high

- #### key.converter

  Converter class used to convert between Kafka Connect format and the serialized form that is written to Kafka. This controls the format of the keys in messages written to or read from Kafka, and since this is independent of connectors it allows any connector to work with any serialization format. Examples of common formats include JSON and Avro.

  Type: | class
  Default: |
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | high

- #### offset.storage.topic

  The name of the Kafka topic where source connector offsets are stored

  Type: | string
  Default: |
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | high

- #### status.storage.topic

  The name of the Kafka topic where connector and task status are stored

  Type: | string
  Default: |
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | high

- #### value.converter

  Converter class used to convert between Kafka Connect format and the serialized form that is written to Kafka. This controls the format of the values in messages written to or read from Kafka, and since this is independent of connectors it allows any connector to work with any serialization format. Examples of common formats include JSON and Avro.

  Type: | class
  Default: |
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | high

- #### exactly.once.source.support

  Whether to enable exactly-once support for source connectors in the cluster by using transactions to write source records and their source offsets, and by proactively fencing out old task generations before bringing up new ones.
  To enable exactly-once source support on a new cluster, set this property to 'enabled'. To enable support on an existing cluster, first set to 'preparing' on every worker in the cluster, then set to 'enabled'. A rolling upgrade may be used for both changes. For more information on this feature, see the exactly-once source support documentation.

  Type: | string
  Default: | disabled
  Valid Values: | (case insensitive) [DISABLED, ENABLED, PREPARING]
  Importance: | high

- #### heartbeat.interval.ms

  The expected time between heartbeats to the group coordinator when using Kafka's group management facilities. Heartbeats are used to ensure that the worker's session stays active and to facilitate rebalancing when new members join or leave the group. The value must be set lower than `session.timeout.ms`, but typically should be set no higher than 1/3 of that value. It can be adjusted even lower to control the expected time for normal rebalances.

  Type: | int
  Default: | 3000 (3 seconds)
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | high

- #### rebalance.timeout.ms

  The maximum allowed time for each worker to join the group once a rebalance has begun. This is basically a limit on the amount of time needed for all tasks to flush any pending data and commit offsets. If the timeout is exceeded, then the worker will be removed from the group, which will cause offset commit failures.

  Type: | int
  Default: | 60000 (1 minute)
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | high

- #### sasl.oauthbearer.expected.audience

  The (strongly recommended) comma-delimited setting for the broker to use to verify that the JWT was issued for one of the expected audiences. The JWT will be inspected for the standard OAuth "aud" claim and if this value is set, the broker will match the value from JWT's "aud" claim to see if there is an exact match. If there is no match, the broker will reject the JWT and authentication will fail. If this value is not set, the broker will accept a token that has no "aud" claim, which is strongly discouraged.

  Type: | list
  Default: | ""
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | high

- #### sasl.oauthbearer.expected.issuer

  The (strongly recommended) setting for the broker to use to verify that the JWT was created by the expected issuer. The JWT will be inspected for the standard OAuth "iss" claim and if this value is set, the broker will match it exactly against what is in the JWT's "iss" claim. If there is no match, the broker will reject the JWT and authentication will fail. If this value is not set, the broker will accept a JWT bearing any (or no) issuer, which is strongly discouraged.

  Type: | string
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | high

- #### session.timeout.ms

  The timeout used to detect worker failures. The worker sends periodic heartbeats to indicate its liveness to the broker. If no heartbeats are received by the broker before the expiration of this session timeout, then the broker will remove the worker from the group and initiate a rebalance. Note that the value must be in the allowable range as configured in the broker configuration by `group.min.session.timeout.ms` and `group.max.session.timeout.ms`.

  Type: | int
  Default: | 10000 (10 seconds)
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | high

- #### ssl.key.password

  The password of the private key in the key store file or the PEM key specified in 'ssl.keystore.key'.

  Type: | password
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | high

- #### ssl.keystore.certificate.chain

  Certificate chain in the format specified by 'ssl.keystore.type'. Default SSL engine factory supports only PEM format with a list of X.509 certificates

  Type: | password
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | high

- #### ssl.keystore.key

  Private key in the format specified by 'ssl.keystore.type'. Default SSL engine factory supports only PEM format with PKCS#8 keys. If the key is encrypted, key password must be specified using 'ssl.key.password'

  Type: | password
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | high

- #### ssl.keystore.location

  The location of the key store file. This is optional for client and can be used for two-way authentication for client.

  Type: | string
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | high

- #### ssl.keystore.password

  The store password for the key store file. This is optional for client and only needed if 'ssl.keystore.location' is configured. Key store password is not supported for PEM format.

  Type: | password
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | high

- #### ssl.truststore.certificates

  Trusted certificates in the format specified by 'ssl.truststore.type'. Default SSL engine factory supports only PEM format with X.509 certificates.

  Type: | password
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | high

- #### ssl.truststore.location

  The location of the trust store file.

  Type: | string
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | high

- #### ssl.truststore.password

  The password for the trust store file. If a password is not set, trust store file configured will still be used, but integrity checking is disabled. Trust store password is not supported for PEM format.

  Type: | password
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | high

- #### client.dns.lookup

  Controls how the client uses DNS lookups. If set to `use_all_dns_ips`, connect to each returned IP address in sequence until a successful connection is established. After a disconnection, the next IP is used. Once all IPs have been used once, the client resolves the IP(s) from the hostname again (both the JVM and the OS cache DNS name lookups, however). If set to `resolve_canonical_bootstrap_servers_only`, resolve each bootstrap address into a list of canonical names. After the bootstrap phase, this behaves the same as `use_all_dns_ips`.

  Type: | string
  Default: | use_all_dns_ips
  Valid Values: | [use_all_dns_ips, resolve_canonical_bootstrap_servers_only]
  Importance: | medium

- #### connections.max.idle.ms

  Close idle connections after the number of milliseconds specified by this config.

  Type: | long
  Default: | 540000 (9 minutes)
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### connector.client.config.override.policy

  Class name or alias of implementation of `ConnectorClientConfigOverridePolicy`. Defines what client configurations can be overridden by the connector. The default policy is `All`, meaning connector configurations can override all client properties. The other possible policies in the framework include `Allowlist` to specify allowed configurations via `connector.client.config.override.allowlist`, `None` to disallow connectors from overriding client properties, and `Principal` (now deprecated) to allow connectors to override only client principals.

  Type: | string
  Default: | All
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### receive.buffer.bytes

  The size of the TCP receive buffer (SO_RCVBUF) to use when reading data. If the value is -1, the OS default will be used.

  Type: | int
  Default: | 32768 (32 kibibytes)
  Valid Values: | [-1,...]
  Importance: | medium

- #### request.timeout.ms

  The configuration controls the maximum amount of time the client will wait for the response of a request. If the response is not received before the timeout elapses the client will resend the request if necessary or fail the request if retries are exhausted.

  Type: | int
  Default: | 40000 (40 seconds)
  Valid Values: | [0,...]
  Importance: | medium

- #### sasl.client.callback.handler.class

  The fully qualified name of a SASL client callback handler class that implements the AuthenticateCallbackHandler interface.

  Type: | class
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### sasl.jaas.config

  JAAS login context parameters for SASL connections in the format used by JAAS configuration files. JAAS configuration file format is described here. The format for the value is: `loginModuleClass controlFlag (optionName=optionValue)*;`. For brokers, the config must be prefixed with listener prefix and SASL mechanism name in lower-case. For example, listener.name.sasl_ssl.scram-sha-256.sasl.jaas.config=com.example.ScramLoginModule required;

  Type: | password
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### sasl.kerberos.service.name

  The Kerberos principal name that Kafka runs as. This can be defined either in Kafka's JAAS config or in Kafka's config.

  Type: | string
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### sasl.login.callback.handler.class

  The fully qualified name of a SASL login callback handler class that implements the AuthenticateCallbackHandler interface. For brokers, login callback handler config must be prefixed with listener prefix and SASL mechanism name in lower-case. For example, listener.name.sasl_ssl.scram-sha-256.sasl.login.callback.handler.class=com.example.CustomScramLoginCallbackHandler

  Type: | class
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### sasl.login.class

  The fully qualified name of a class that implements the Login interface. For brokers, login config must be prefixed with listener prefix and SASL mechanism name in lower-case. For example, listener.name.sasl_ssl.scram-sha-256.sasl.login.class=com.example.CustomScramLogin

  Type: | class
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### sasl.mechanism

  SASL mechanism used for client connections. This may be any mechanism for which a security provider is available. GSSAPI is the default mechanism.

  Type: | string
  Default: | GSSAPI
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### sasl.oauthbearer.assertion.algorithm

  The algorithm the Apache Kafka client should use to sign the assertion sent to the identity provider. It is also used as the value of the OAuth `alg` (Algorithm) header in the JWT assertion.

  Note: If a value for `sasl.oauthbearer.assertion.file` is provided, this configuration will be ignored.

  Type: | string
  Default: | RS256
  Valid Values: | (case insensitive) [ES256, RS256]
  Importance: | medium

- #### sasl.oauthbearer.assertion.claim.aud

  The JWT `aud` (Audience) claim which will be included in the client JWT assertion created locally.

  Note: If a value for `sasl.oauthbearer.assertion.file` is provided, this configuration will be ignored.

  Type: | string
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### sasl.oauthbearer.assertion.claim.iss

  The value to be used as the `iss` (Issuer) claim which will be included in the client JWT assertion created locally.

  Note: If a value for `sasl.oauthbearer.assertion.file` is provided, this configuration will be ignored.

  Type: | string
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### sasl.oauthbearer.assertion.claim.jti.include

  Flag that determines if the JWT assertion should generate a unique ID for the JWT and include it in the `jti` (JWT ID) claim.

  Note: If a value for `sasl.oauthbearer.assertion.file` is provided, this configuration will be ignored.

  Type: | boolean
  Default: | false
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### sasl.oauthbearer.assertion.claim.sub

  The value to be used as the `sub` (Subject) claim which will be included in the client JWT assertion created locally.

  Note: If a value for `sasl.oauthbearer.assertion.file` is provided, this configuration will be ignored.

  Type: | string
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### sasl.oauthbearer.assertion.file

  File that contains a pre-generated JWT assertion.

  The underlying implementation caches the file contents to avoid the performance hit of loading the file on each access. The caching mechanism will detect whenthe file changes to allow for the file to be reloaded on modifications. This allows for "live" assertion rotation without restarting the Kafka client.

  The file contains the assertion in the serialized, three part JWT format:

  1. The header section is a base 64-encoded JWT header that contains values like `alg` (Algorithm), `typ` (Type, always the literal value `JWT`), etc.
  2. The payload section includes the base 64-encoded set of JWT claims, such as `aud` (Audience), `iss` (Issuer), `sub` (Subject), etc.
  3. The signature section is the concatenated header and payload sections that was signed using a private key

  See RFC 7519 and RFC 7515 for more details on the JWT and JWS formats.

  Note: If a value for `sasl.oauthbearer.assertion.file` is provided, all other `sasl.oauthbearer.assertion.`* configurations are ignored.

  Type: | string
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### sasl.oauthbearer.assertion.private.key.file

  File that contains a private key in the standard PEM format which is used to sign the JWT assertion sent to the identity provider.

  The underlying implementation caches the file contents to avoid the performance hit of loading the file on each access. The caching mechanism will detect when the file changes to allow for the file to be reloaded on modifications. This allows for "live" private key rotation without restarting the Kafka client.

  Note: If a value for `sasl.oauthbearer.assertion.file` is provided, this configuration will be ignored.

  Type: | string
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### sasl.oauthbearer.assertion.private.key.passphrase

  The optional passphrase to decrypt the private key file specified by `sasl.oauthbearer.assertion.private.key.file`.

  Note: If the file referred to by `sasl.oauthbearer.assertion.private.key.file` is modified on the file system at runtime and it was created with a different passphrase than it was previously, the client will not be able to access the private key file because the passphrase is now out of date. For that reason, when using private key passphrases, either use the same passphrase each time, or—for improved security—restart the Kafka client using the new passphrase configuration.

  Note: If a value for `sasl.oauthbearer.assertion.file` is provided, this configuration will be ignored.

  Type: | password
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### sasl.oauthbearer.assertion.template.file

  This optional configuration specifies the file containing the JWT headers and/or payload claims to be used when creating the JWT assertion.

  Not all identity providers require the same set of claims; some may require a given claim while others may prohibit it. In order to provide the most flexibility, this configuration allows the user to provide the static header values and claims that are to be included in the JWT.

  Note: If a value for `sasl.oauthbearer.assertion.file` is provided, this configuration will be ignored.

  Type: | string
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### sasl.oauthbearer.client.credentials.client.id

  The ID (defined in/by the OAuth identity provider) to identify the client requesting the token.

  The client ID was previously stored as part of the `sasl.jaas.config` configuration with the key `clientId`. For backward compatibility, the `clientId` JAAS option can still be used, but it is deprecated and will be removed in a future version.

  Order of precedence:

  - `sasl.oauthbearer.client.credentials.client.id` from configuration
  - `clientId` from JAAS

  Type: | string
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### sasl.oauthbearer.client.credentials.client.secret

  The secret (defined by either the user or preassigned, depending on the identity provider) of the client requesting the token.

  The client secret was previously stored as part of the `sasl.jaas.config` configuration with the key `clientSecret`. For backward compatibility, the `clientSecret` JAAS option can still be used, but it is deprecated and will be removed in a future version.

  Order of precedence:

  - `sasl.oauthbearer.client.credentials.client.secret` from configuration
  - `clientSecret` from JAAS

  Type: | password
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### sasl.oauthbearer.jwks.endpoint.url

  The OAuth/OIDC provider URL from which the provider's JWKS (JSON Web Key Set) can be retrieved. The URL can be HTTP(S)-based or file-based. If the URL is HTTP(S)-based, the JWKS data will be retrieved from the OAuth/OIDC provider via the configured URL on broker startup. All then-current keys will be cached on the broker for incoming requests. If an authentication request is received for a JWT that includes a "kid" header claim value that isn't yet in the cache, the JWKS endpoint will be queried again on demand. However, the broker polls the URL every sasl.oauthbearer.jwks.endpoint.refresh.ms milliseconds to refresh the cache with any forthcoming keys before any JWT requests that include them are received. If the URL is file-based, the broker will load the JWKS file from a configured location on startup. In the event that the JWT includes a "kid" header value that isn't in the JWKS file, the broker will reject the JWT and authentication will fail.

  Type: | string
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### sasl.oauthbearer.jwt.retriever.class

  The fully-qualified class name of a `JwtRetriever` implementation used to request tokens from the identity provider.

  The default configuration value represents a class that maintains backward compatibility with previous versions of Apache Kafka. The default implementation uses the configuration to determine which concrete implementation to create.

  Other implementations that are provided include:

  - `org.apache.kafka.common.security.oauthbearer.ClientCredentialsJwtRetriever`
  - `org.apache.kafka.common.security.oauthbearer.DefaultJwtRetriever`
  - `org.apache.kafka.common.security.oauthbearer.FileJwtRetriever`
  - `org.apache.kafka.common.security.oauthbearer.JwtBearerJwtRetriever`

  Type: | class
  Default: | org.apache.kafka.common.security.oauthbearer.DefaultJwtRetriever
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### sasl.oauthbearer.jwt.validator.class

  The fully-qualified class name of a `JwtValidator` implementation used to validate the JWT from the identity provider.

  The default validator (`org.apache.kafka.common.security.oauthbearer.DefaultJwtValidator`) maintains backward compatibility with previous versions of Apache Kafka. The default validator uses configuration to determine which concrete implementation to create.

  The built-in `JwtValidator` implementations are:

  - `org.apache.kafka.common.security.oauthbearer.BrokerJwtValidator`
  - `org.apache.kafka.common.security.oauthbearer.ClientJwtValidator`
  - `org.apache.kafka.common.security.oauthbearer.DefaultJwtValidator`

  Type: | class
  Default: | org.apache.kafka.common.security.oauthbearer.DefaultJwtValidator
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### sasl.oauthbearer.scope

  This is the level of access a client application is granted to a resource or API which is included in the token request. If provided, it should match one or more scopes configured in the identity provider.

  The scope was previously stored as part of the `sasl.jaas.config` configuration with the key `scope`. For backward compatibility, the `scope` JAAS option can still be used, but it is deprecated and will be removed in a future version.

  Order of precedence:

  - `sasl.oauthbearer.scope` from configuration
  - `scope` from JAAS

  Type: | string
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### sasl.oauthbearer.token.endpoint.url

  The URL for the OAuth/OIDC identity provider. If the URL is HTTP(S)-based, it is the issuer's token endpoint URL to which requests will be made to login based on the configuration in `sasl.oauthbearer.jwt.retriever.class`. If the URL is file-based, it specifies a file containing an access token (in JWT serialized form) issued by the OAuth/OIDC identity provider to use for authorization.

  Type: | string
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### security.protocol

  Protocol used to communicate with brokers.

  Type: | string
  Default: | PLAINTEXT
  Valid Values: | (case insensitive) [SASL_SSL, PLAINTEXT, SSL, SASL_PLAINTEXT]
  Importance: | medium

- #### send.buffer.bytes

  The size of the TCP send buffer (SO_SNDBUF) to use when sending data. If the value is -1, the OS default will be used.

  Type: | int
  Default: | 131072 (128 kibibytes)
  Valid Values: | [-1,...]
  Importance: | medium

- #### ssl.enabled.protocols

  The list of protocols enabled for SSL connections. The default is 'TLSv1.2,TLSv1.3'. This means that clients and servers will prefer TLSv1.3 if both support it and fallback to TLSv1.2 otherwise (assuming both support at least TLSv1.2). This default should be fine for most use cases. If this configuration is set to an empty list, Kafka will use the protocols enabled by default in the underlying SSLEngine, which may include additional protocols depending on the JVM version. Also see the config documentation for `ssl.protocol` to understand how it can impact the TLS version negotiation behavior.

  Type: | list
  Default: | TLSv1.2,TLSv1.3
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### ssl.keystore.type

  The file format of the key store file. This is optional for client. The values currently supported by the default `ssl.engine.factory.class` are [JKS, PKCS12, PEM].

  Type: | string
  Default: | JKS
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### ssl.protocol

  The SSL protocol used to generate the SSLContext. The default is 'TLSv1.3', which should be fine for most use cases. A typical alternative to the default is 'TLSv1.2'. Allowed values for this config are dependent on the JVM. Clients using the defaults for this config and 'ssl.enabled.protocols' will downgrade to 'TLSv1.2' if the server does not support 'TLSv1.3'. If this config is set to 'TLSv1.2', however, clients will not use 'TLSv1.3' even if it is one of the values in `ssl.enabled.protocols` and the server only supports 'TLSv1.3'.

  Type: | string
  Default: | TLSv1.3
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### ssl.provider

  The name of the security provider used for SSL connections. Default value is the default security provider of the JVM.

  Type: | string
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### ssl.truststore.type

  The file format of the trust store file. The values currently supported by the default `ssl.engine.factory.class` are [JKS, PKCS12, PEM].

  Type: | string
  Default: | JKS
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### worker.sync.timeout.ms

  When the worker is out of sync with other workers and needs to resynchronize configurations, wait up to this amount of time before giving up, leaving the group, and waiting a backoff period before rejoining.

  Type: | int
  Default: | 3000 (3 seconds)
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### worker.unsync.backoff.ms

  When the worker is out of sync with other workers and fails to catch up within the `worker.sync.timeout.ms`, leave the Connect cluster for this long before rejoining.

  Type: | int
  Default: | 300000 (5 minutes)
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | medium

- #### access.control.allow.methods

  Sets the methods supported for cross origin requests by setting the Access-Control-Allow-Methods header. The default value of the Access-Control-Allow-Methods header allows cross origin requests for GET, POST and HEAD.

  Type: | string
  Default: | ""
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### access.control.allow.origin

  Value to set the Access-Control-Allow-Origin header to for REST API requests.To enable cross origin access, set this to the domain of the application that should be permitted to access the API, or '*' to allow access from any domain. The default value only allows access from the domain of the REST API.

  Type: | string
  Default: | ""
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### admin.listeners

  List of comma-separated URIs the Admin REST API will listen on. The supported protocols are HTTP and HTTPS. An empty or blank string will disable this feature. The default behavior is to use the regular listener (specified by the 'listeners' property). A comma-separated list of valid URLs, e.g., http://localhost:8080,https://localhost:8443.

  Type: | list
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### client.id

  An id string to pass to the server when making requests. The purpose of this is to be able to track the source of requests beyond just ip/port by allowing a logical application name to be included in server-side request logging.

  Type: | string
  Default: | ""
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### config.providers

  Comma-separated alias names for classes implementing the `ConfigProvider` interface. This enables loading configuration data (such as passwords, API keys, and other credentials) from external sources. For example, see Configuration Providers.

  Type: | list
  Default: | ""
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### config.storage.replication.factor

  Replication factor used when creating the configuration storage topic

  Type: | short
  Default: | 3
  Valid Values: | Positive number not larger than the number of brokers in the Kafka cluster, or -1 to use the broker's default
  Importance: | low

- #### connect.protocol

  Compatibility mode for Kafka Connect Protocol

  Type: | string
  Default: | sessioned
  Valid Values: | [eager, compatible, sessioned]
  Importance: | low

- #### header.converter

  HeaderConverter class used to convert between Kafka Connect format and the serialized form that is written to Kafka. This controls the format of the header values in messages written to or read from Kafka, and since this is independent of connectors it allows any connector to work with any serialization format. Examples of common formats include JSON and Avro. By default, the SimpleHeaderConverter is used to serialize header values to strings and deserialize them by inferring the schemas.

  Type: | class
  Default: | org.apache.kafka.connect.storage.SimpleHeaderConverter
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### header.converter.plugin.version

  Version of the header converter.

  Type: | string
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### inter.worker.key.generation.algorithm

  The algorithm to use for generating internal request keys. The algorithm 'HmacSHA256' will be used as a default on JVMs that support it; on other JVMs, no default is used and a value for this property must be manually specified in the worker config.

  Type: | string
  Default: | HmacSHA256
  Valid Values: | Any KeyGenerator algorithm supported by the worker JVM
  Importance: | low

- #### inter.worker.key.size

  The size of the key to use for signing internal requests, in bits. If null, the default key size for the key generation algorithm will be used.

  Type: | int
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### inter.worker.key.ttl.ms

  The TTL of generated session keys used for internal request validation (in milliseconds)

  Type: | int
  Default: | 3600000 (1 hour)
  Valid Values: | [0,...,2147483647]
  Importance: | low

- #### inter.worker.signature.algorithm

  The algorithm used to sign internal requests. The algorithm 'HmacSHA256' will be used as a default on JVMs that support it; on other JVMs, no default is used and a value for this property must be manually specified in the worker config.

  Type: | string
  Default: | HmacSHA256
  Valid Values: | Any MAC algorithm supported by the worker JVM
  Importance: | low

- #### inter.worker.verification.algorithms

  A list of permitted algorithms for verifying internal requests, which must include the algorithm used for the `inter.worker.signature.algorithm` property. The algorithm(s) '[HmacSHA256]' will be used as a default on JVMs that provide them; on other JVMs, no default is used and a value for this property must be manually specified in the worker config.

  Type: | list
  Default: | HmacSHA256
  Valid Values: | A list of one or more MAC algorithms, each supported by the worker JVM
  Importance: | low

- #### key.converter.plugin.version

  Version of the key converter.

  Type: | string
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### listeners

  List of comma-separated URIs the REST API will listen on. The supported protocols are HTTP and HTTPS.
  Specify hostname as 0.0.0.0 to bind to all interfaces.
  Leave hostname empty to bind to default interface.
  Examples of legal listener lists: HTTP://myhost:8083,HTTPS://myhost:8084

  Type: | list
  Default: | http://:8083
  Valid Values: | List of comma-separated URLs, ex: http://localhost:8080,https://localhost:8443.
  Importance: | low

- #### metadata.max.age.ms

  The period of time in milliseconds after which we force a refresh of metadata even if we haven't seen any partition leadership changes to proactively discover any new brokers or partitions.

  Type: | long
  Default: | 300000 (5 minutes)
  Valid Values: | [0,...]
  Importance: | low

- #### metadata.recovery.rebootstrap.trigger.ms

  If a client configured to rebootstrap using `metadata.recovery.strategy=rebootstrap` is unable to obtain metadata from any of the brokers in the last known metadata for this interval, client repeats the bootstrap process using `bootstrap.servers` configuration.

  Type: | long
  Default: | 300000 (5 minutes)
  Valid Values: | [0,...]
  Importance: | low

- #### metadata.recovery.strategy

  Controls how the client recovers when none of the brokers known to it is available. If set to `none`, the client fails. If set to `rebootstrap`, the client repeats the bootstrap process using `bootstrap.servers`. Rebootstrapping is useful when a client communicates with brokers so infrequently that the set of brokers may change entirely before the client refreshes metadata. Metadata recovery is triggered when all last-known brokers appear unavailable simultaneously. Brokers appear unavailable when disconnected and no current retry attempt is in-progress. Consider increasing `reconnect.backoff.ms` and `reconnect.backoff.max.ms` and decreasing `socket.connection.setup.timeout.ms` and `socket.connection.setup.timeout.max.ms` for the client. Rebootstrap is also triggered if connection cannot be established to any of the brokers for `metadata.recovery.rebootstrap.trigger.ms` milliseconds or if server requests rebootstrap.

  Type: | string
  Default: | rebootstrap
  Valid Values: | (case insensitive) [REBOOTSTRAP, NONE]
  Importance: | low

- #### metric.reporters

  A list of classes to use as metrics reporters. Implementing the `org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.MetricsReporter` interface allows plugging in classes that will be notified of new metric creation. When custom reporters are set and `org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.JmxReporter` is needed, it has to be explicitly added to the list.

  Type: | list
  Default: | org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.JmxReporter
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### metrics.num.samples

  The number of samples maintained to compute metrics.

  Type: | int
  Default: | 2
  Valid Values: | [1,...]
  Importance: | low

- #### metrics.recording.level

  The highest recording level for metrics. It has three levels for recording metrics - info, debug, and trace.
  INFO level records only essential metrics necessary for monitoring system performance and health. It collects vital data without gathering too much detail, making it suitable for production environments where minimal overhead is desired.
  DEBUG level records most metrics, providing more detailed information about the system's operation. It's useful for development and testing environments where you need deeper insights to debug and fine-tune the application.
  TRACE level records all possible metrics, capturing every detail about the system's performance and operation. It's best for controlled environments where in-depth analysis is required, though it can introduce significant overhead.

  Type: | string
  Default: | INFO
  Valid Values: | [INFO, DEBUG]
  Importance: | low

- #### metrics.sample.window.ms

  The window of time a metrics sample is computed over.

  Type: | long
  Default: | 30000 (30 seconds)
  Valid Values: | [0,...]
  Importance: | low

- #### offset.flush.interval.ms

  Interval at which to try committing offsets for tasks.

  Type: | long
  Default: | 60000 (1 minute)
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### offset.flush.timeout.ms

  Maximum number of milliseconds to wait for records to flush and partition offset data to be committed to offset storage before cancelling the process and restoring the offset data to be committed in a future attempt. This property has no effect for source connectors running with exactly-once support.

  Type: | long
  Default: | 5000 (5 seconds)
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### offset.storage.partitions

  The number of partitions used when creating the offset storage topic

  Type: | int
  Default: | 25
  Valid Values: | Positive number, or -1 to use the broker's default
  Importance: | low

- #### offset.storage.replication.factor

  Replication factor used when creating the offset storage topic

  Type: | short
  Default: | 3
  Valid Values: | Positive number not larger than the number of brokers in the Kafka cluster, or -1 to use the broker's default
  Importance: | low

- #### plugin.discovery

  Method to use to discover plugins present in the classpath and plugin.path configuration. This can be one of multiple values with the following meanings:
  * only_scan: Discover plugins only by reflection. Plugins which are not discoverable by ServiceLoader will not impact worker startup.
  * hybrid_warn: Discover plugins reflectively and by ServiceLoader. Plugins which are not discoverable by ServiceLoader will print warnings during worker startup.
  * hybrid_fail: Discover plugins reflectively and by ServiceLoader. Plugins which are not discoverable by ServiceLoader will cause worker startup to fail.
  * service_load: Discover plugins only by ServiceLoader. Faster startup than other modes. Plugins which are not discoverable by ServiceLoader may not be usable.

  Type: | string
  Default: | hybrid_warn
  Valid Values: | (case insensitive) [ONLY_SCAN, SERVICE_LOAD, HYBRID_WARN, HYBRID_FAIL]
  Importance: | low

- #### plugin.path

  List of paths separated by commas (,) that contain plugins (connectors, converters, transformations). The list should consist of top level directories that include any combination of:
  a) directories immediately containing jars with plugins and their dependencies
  b) uber-jars with plugins and their dependencies
  c) directories immediately containing the package directory structure of classes of plugins and their dependencies
  Note: symlinks will be followed to discover dependencies or plugins.
  Examples: plugin.path=/usr/local/share/java,/usr/local/share/kafka/plugins,/opt/connectors
  Do not use config provider variables in this property, since the raw path is used by the worker's scanner before config providers are initialized and used to replace variables.

  Type: | list
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### reconnect.backoff.max.ms

  The maximum amount of time in milliseconds to wait when reconnecting to a broker that has repeatedly failed to connect. If provided, the backoff per host will increase exponentially for each consecutive connection failure, up to this maximum. After calculating the backoff increase, 20% random jitter is added to avoid connection storms.

  Type: | long
  Default: | 1000 (1 second)
  Valid Values: | [0,...]
  Importance: | low

- #### reconnect.backoff.ms

  The base amount of time to wait before attempting to reconnect to a given host. This avoids repeatedly connecting to a host in a tight loop. This backoff applies to all connection attempts by the client to a broker. This value is the initial backoff value and will increase exponentially for each consecutive connection failure, up to the `reconnect.backoff.max.ms` value.

  Type: | long
  Default: | 50
  Valid Values: | [0,...]
  Importance: | low

- #### response.http.headers.config

  Rules for REST API HTTP response headers

  Type: | string
  Default: | ""
  Valid Values: | Comma-separated header rules, where each header rule is of the form '[action] [header name]:[header value]' and optionally surrounded by double quotes if any part of a header rule contains a comma
  Importance: | low

- #### rest.advertised.host.name

  If this is set, this is the hostname that will be given out to other workers to connect to.

  Type: | string
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### rest.advertised.listener

  Sets the advertised listener (HTTP or HTTPS) which will be given to other workers to use.

  Type: | string
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### rest.advertised.port

  If this is set, this is the port that will be given out to other workers to connect to.

  Type: | int
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### rest.extension.classes

  Comma-separated names of `ConnectRestExtension` classes, loaded and called in the order specified. Implementing the interface `ConnectRestExtension` allows you to inject into Connect's REST API user defined resources like filters. Typically used to add custom capability like logging, security, etc.

  Type: | list
  Default: | ""
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### retry.backoff.max.ms

  The maximum amount of time in milliseconds to wait when retrying a request to the broker that has repeatedly failed. If provided, the backoff per client will increase exponentially for each failed request, up to this maximum. To prevent all clients from being synchronized upon retry, a randomized jitter with a factor of 0.2 will be applied to the backoff, resulting in the backoff falling within a range between 20% below and 20% above the computed value. If `retry.backoff.ms` is set to be higher than `retry.backoff.max.ms`, then `retry.backoff.max.ms` will be used as a constant backoff from the beginning without any exponential increase

  Type: | long
  Default: | 1000 (1 second)
  Valid Values: | [0,...]
  Importance: | low

- #### retry.backoff.ms

  The amount of time to wait before attempting to retry a failed request to a given topic partition. This avoids repeatedly sending requests in a tight loop under some failure scenarios. This value is the initial backoff value and will increase exponentially for each failed request, up to the `retry.backoff.max.ms` value.

  Type: | long
  Default: | 100
  Valid Values: | [0,...]
  Importance: | low

- #### sasl.kerberos.kinit.cmd

  Kerberos kinit command path.

  Type: | string
  Default: | /usr/bin/kinit
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### sasl.kerberos.min.time.before.relogin

  Login thread sleep time between refresh attempts.

  Type: | long
  Default: | 60000
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### sasl.kerberos.ticket.renew.jitter

  Percentage of random jitter added to the renewal time.

  Type: | double
  Default: | 0.05
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### sasl.kerberos.ticket.renew.window.factor

  Login thread will sleep until the specified window factor of time from last refresh to ticket's expiry has been reached, at which time it will try to renew the ticket.

  Type: | double
  Default: | 0.8
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### sasl.login.connect.timeout.ms

  The (optional) value in milliseconds for the external authentication provider connection timeout. Currently applies only to OAUTHBEARER.

  Type: | int
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### sasl.login.read.timeout.ms

  The (optional) value in milliseconds for the external authentication provider read timeout. Currently applies only to OAUTHBEARER.

  Type: | int
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### sasl.login.refresh.buffer.seconds

  The amount of buffer time before credential expiration to maintain when refreshing a credential, in seconds. If a refresh would otherwise occur closer to expiration than the number of buffer seconds then the refresh will be moved up to maintain as much of the buffer time as possible. Legal values are between 0 and 3600 (1 hour); a default value of 300 (5 minutes) is used if no value is specified. This value and sasl.login.refresh.min.period.seconds are both ignored if their sum exceeds the remaining lifetime of a credential. Currently applies only to OAUTHBEARER.

  Type: | short
  Default: | 300
  Valid Values: | [0,...,3600]
  Importance: | low

- #### sasl.login.refresh.min.period.seconds

  The desired minimum time for the login refresh thread to wait before refreshing a credential, in seconds. Legal values are between 0 and 900 (15 minutes); a default value of 60 (1 minute) is used if no value is specified. This value and sasl.login.refresh.buffer.seconds are both ignored if their sum exceeds the remaining lifetime of a credential. Currently applies only to OAUTHBEARER.

  Type: | short
  Default: | 60
  Valid Values: | [0,...,900]
  Importance: | low

- #### sasl.login.refresh.window.factor

  Login refresh thread will sleep until the specified window factor relative to the credential's lifetime has been reached, at which time it will try to refresh the credential. Legal values are between 0.5 (50%) and 1.0 (100%) inclusive; a default value of 0.8 (80%) is used if no value is specified. Currently applies only to OAUTHBEARER.

  Type: | double
  Default: | 0.8
  Valid Values: | [0.5,...,1.0]
  Importance: | low

- #### sasl.login.refresh.window.jitter

  The maximum amount of random jitter relative to the credential's lifetime that is added to the login refresh thread's sleep time. Legal values are between 0 and 0.25 (25%) inclusive; a default value of 0.05 (5%) is used if no value is specified. Currently applies only to OAUTHBEARER.

  Type: | double
  Default: | 0.05
  Valid Values: | [0.0,...,0.25]
  Importance: | low

- #### sasl.login.retry.backoff.max.ms

  The (optional) value in milliseconds for the maximum wait between login attempts to the external authentication provider. Login uses an exponential backoff algorithm with an initial wait based on the sasl.login.retry.backoff.ms setting and will double in wait length between attempts up to a maximum wait length specified by the sasl.login.retry.backoff.max.ms setting. Currently applies only to OAUTHBEARER.

  Type: | long
  Default: | 10000 (10 seconds)
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### sasl.login.retry.backoff.ms

  The (optional) value in milliseconds for the initial wait between login attempts to the external authentication provider. Login uses an exponential backoff algorithm with an initial wait based on the sasl.login.retry.backoff.ms setting and will double in wait length between attempts up to a maximum wait length specified by the sasl.login.retry.backoff.max.ms setting. Currently applies only to OAUTHBEARER.

  Type: | long
  Default: | 100
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### sasl.oauthbearer.assertion.claim.exp.seconds

  The number of seconds in the future for which the JWT is valid. The value is used to determine the JWT `exp` (Expiration) claim based on the current system time when the JWT is created.

  The formula to generate the `exp` claim is very simple:

      Let:

        x = the current timestamp in seconds, on client
        y = the value of this configuration

      Then:

        exp = x + y

  Note: If a value for `sasl.oauthbearer.assertion.file` is provided, this configuration will be ignored.

  Type: | int
  Default: | 300
  Valid Values: | [0,...,86400]
  Importance: | low

- #### sasl.oauthbearer.assertion.claim.nbf.seconds

  The number of seconds in the past from which the JWT is valid. The value is used to determine the JWT `nbf` (Not Before) claim based on the current system time when the JWT is created.

  The formula to generate the `nbf` claim is very simple:

      Let:

        x = the current timestamp in seconds, on client
        y = the value of this configuration

      Then:

        nbf = x - y

  Note: If a value for `sasl.oauthbearer.assertion.file` is provided, this configuration will be ignored.

  Type: | int
  Default: | 60
  Valid Values: | [0,...,3600]
  Importance: | low

- #### sasl.oauthbearer.clock.skew.seconds

  The (optional) value in seconds to allow for differences between the time of the OAuth/OIDC identity provider and the broker.

  Type: | int
  Default: | 30
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### sasl.oauthbearer.header.urlencode

  The (optional) setting to enable the OAuth client to URL-encode the client_id and client_secret in the authorization header in accordance with RFC6749, see here for more details. The default value is set to 'false' for backward compatibility

  Type: | boolean
  Default: | false
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### sasl.oauthbearer.jwks.endpoint.refresh.ms

  The (optional) value in milliseconds for the broker to wait between refreshing its JWKS (JSON Web Key Set) cache that contains the keys to verify the signature of the JWT.

  Type: | long
  Default: | 3600000 (1 hour)
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### sasl.oauthbearer.jwks.endpoint.retry.backoff.max.ms

  The (optional) value in milliseconds for the maximum wait between attempts to retrieve the JWKS (JSON Web Key Set) from the external authentication provider. JWKS retrieval uses an exponential backoff algorithm with an initial wait based on the sasl.oauthbearer.jwks.endpoint.retry.backoff.ms setting and will double in wait length between attempts up to a maximum wait length specified by the sasl.oauthbearer.jwks.endpoint.retry.backoff.max.ms setting.

  Type: | long
  Default: | 10000 (10 seconds)
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### sasl.oauthbearer.jwks.endpoint.retry.backoff.ms

  The (optional) value in milliseconds for the initial wait between JWKS (JSON Web Key Set) retrieval attempts from the external authentication provider. JWKS retrieval uses an exponential backoff algorithm with an initial wait based on the sasl.oauthbearer.jwks.endpoint.retry.backoff.ms setting and will double in wait length between attempts up to a maximum wait length specified by the sasl.oauthbearer.jwks.endpoint.retry.backoff.max.ms setting.

  Type: | long
  Default: | 100
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### sasl.oauthbearer.scope.claim.name

  The OAuth claim for the scope is often named "scope", but this (optional) setting can provide a different name to use for the scope included in the JWT payload's claims if the OAuth/OIDC provider uses a different name for that claim.

  Type: | string
  Default: | scope
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### sasl.oauthbearer.sub.claim.name

  The OAuth claim for the subject is often named "sub", but this (optional) setting can provide a different name to use for the subject included in the JWT payload's claims if the OAuth/OIDC provider uses a different name for that claim.

  Type: | string
  Default: | sub
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### scheduled.rebalance.max.delay.ms

  The maximum delay that is scheduled in order to wait for the return of one or more departed workers before rebalancing and reassigning their connectors and tasks to the group. During this period the connectors and tasks of the departed workers remain unassigned

  Type: | int
  Default: | 300000 (5 minutes)
  Valid Values: | [0,...,2147483647]
  Importance: | low

- #### socket.connection.setup.timeout.max.ms

  The maximum amount of time the client will wait for the socket connection to be established. The connection setup timeout will increase exponentially for each consecutive connection failure up to this maximum. To avoid connection storms, a randomization factor of 0.2 will be applied to the timeout resulting in a random range between 20% below and 20% above the computed value.

  Type: | long
  Default: | 30000 (30 seconds)
  Valid Values: | [0,...]
  Importance: | low

- #### socket.connection.setup.timeout.ms

  The amount of time the client will wait for the socket connection to be established. If the connection is not built before the timeout elapses, clients will close the socket channel. This value is the initial backoff value and will increase exponentially for each consecutive connection failure, up to the `socket.connection.setup.timeout.max.ms` value.

  Type: | long
  Default: | 10000 (10 seconds)
  Valid Values: | [0,...]
  Importance: | low

- #### ssl.cipher.suites

  A list of cipher suites. This is a named combination of authentication, encryption, MAC and key exchange algorithm used to negotiate the security settings for a network connection using TLS or SSL network protocol. By default all the available cipher suites are supported.

  Type: | list
  Default: | ""
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### ssl.client.auth

  Configures kafka broker to request client authentication. The following settings are common:

  - `ssl.client.auth=required` If set to required client authentication is required.
  - `ssl.client.auth=requested` This means client authentication is optional. unlike required, if this option is set client can choose not to provide authentication information about itself
  - `ssl.client.auth=none` This means client authentication is not needed.

  Type: | string
  Default: | none
  Valid Values: | [required, requested, none]
  Importance: | low

- #### ssl.endpoint.identification.algorithm

  The endpoint identification algorithm to validate server hostname using server certificate.

  Type: | string
  Default: | https
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### ssl.engine.factory.class

  The class of type org.apache.kafka.common.security.auth.SslEngineFactory to provide SSLEngine objects. Default value is org.apache.kafka.common.security.ssl.DefaultSslEngineFactory. Alternatively, setting this to org.apache.kafka.common.security.ssl.CommonNameLoggingSslEngineFactory will log the common name of expired SSL certificates used by clients to authenticate at any of the brokers with log level INFO. Note that this will cause a tiny delay during establishment of new connections from mTLS clients to brokers due to the extra code for examining the certificate chain provided by the client. Note further that the implementation uses a custom truststore based on the standard Java truststore and thus might be considered a security risk due to not being as mature as the standard one.

  Type: | class
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### ssl.keymanager.algorithm

  The algorithm used by key manager factory for SSL connections. Default value is the key manager factory algorithm configured for the Java Virtual Machine.

  Type: | string
  Default: | SunX509
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### ssl.secure.random.implementation

  The SecureRandom PRNG implementation to use for SSL cryptography operations.

  Type: | string
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### ssl.trustmanager.algorithm

  The algorithm used by trust manager factory for SSL connections. Default value is the trust manager factory algorithm configured for the Java Virtual Machine.

  Type: | string
  Default: | PKIX
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### status.storage.partitions

  The number of partitions used when creating the status storage topic

  Type: | int
  Default: | 5
  Valid Values: | Positive number, or -1 to use the broker's default
  Importance: | low

- #### status.storage.replication.factor

  Replication factor used when creating the status storage topic

  Type: | short
  Default: | 3
  Valid Values: | Positive number not larger than the number of brokers in the Kafka cluster, or -1 to use the broker's default
  Importance: | low

- #### task.shutdown.graceful.timeout.ms

  Amount of time to wait for tasks to shutdown gracefully. This is the total amount of time, not per task. All task have shutdown triggered, then they are waited on sequentially.

  Type: | long
  Default: | 5000 (5 seconds)
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### topic.creation.enable

  Whether to allow automatic creation of topics used by source connectors, when source connectors are configured with `topic.creation.` properties. Each task will use an admin client to create its topics and will not depend on the Kafka brokers to create topics automatically.

  Type: | boolean
  Default: | true
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### topic.tracking.allow.reset

  If set to true, it allows user requests to reset the set of active topics per connector.

  Type: | boolean
  Default: | true
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### topic.tracking.enable

  Enable tracking the set of active topics per connector during runtime.

  Type: | boolean
  Default: | true
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low

- #### value.converter.plugin.version

  Version of the value converter.

  Type: | string
  Default: | null
  Valid Values: |
  Importance: | low