Github user ijokarumawak commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/563
Integration test with Kerberized Kafka and Zookeeper haven't finished yet,
but the implementation is done. Would you please initiate the code review
process?
This PR added External State management functionality to GetKafka and
ConsumeKafka as following screenshot:

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