How do you then modify Kafka's searchable classpath to pick up this new principal.builder.class classfile from a JAR somewhere on the filesystem?
In other words, I change my server.properties to: principal.builder.class=com.example.kafkautils.MyCustomKafkaPrincipalBuilder How will Kafka be able to find that at startup? ________________________________ From: Mayuresh Gharat <gharatmayures...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 12:51:14 PM To: users@kafka.apache.org Subject: Re: Writing a customized principal builder for authorization "principal.builder.class" is the name of the property. Thanks, Mayuresh On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 9:30 AM, <gharatmayures...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Kriti, > > You will have to implement the Principal Builder interface and provide the > full class path in broker config. I don't remember the exact config name > right now, but you can search for some config by name > "principalbuilder.class" in the broker configs. > > Once you do this, Kafka will automatically use your custom > PrincipalBuilder class for generating the principal. > > The buildPrincipal() function in the PrincipalBuilder is where you will > have to create the your custom Principal class object ( This custom > principal class should implement Java principal interface) and this custom > principal.getname() can return whatever name you want. > > Let me know if this helps. > > Thanks, > > Mayuresh > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Nov 29, 2016, at 11:40 PM, Kiriti Sai <kiriti163.i...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > Can anyone help me or point me to any resources that can be of help for > > writing a customized principal builder to use in Authorization using > ACLs? > > I've enabled SSL authentication scheme for both clients and brokers but I > > would like to change the principal name to just the original name and > > Organizational unit instead of the complete defiant principal name for > SSL. > > > > Thanka in advance for the help. > -- -Regards, Mayuresh R. Gharat (862) 250-7125
