I haven’t looked at the PR yet: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/23907
Doc fixes don’t need to wait for a release. Once the PR gets merged, we can file a patch to kafka-site to update the web site right away :) On 2026/10/21 22:01:28 Gergely Harmadás wrote: > Hi Alexander, > > I also went through the docs and indeed it contains outdated > information which can prevent you from setting up Kafka with SSL. I have > opened KAFKA-21329 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-21329> to > work on updating the docs. It likely won't reach the official docs site > until the release of Kafka 4.5 which is still months away. In the meantime > you can check out my patch at kafka/pull/23907 > <https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/23907> and hopefully it can unblock > you in your SSL setup work. Of course any feedback is welcome on the > updated steps :) > > Thanks, > Gergely > > On Mon, 19 Oct 2026 at 17:43, Alexander Lehmann <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am currently trying to switch my Kafka test install to SSL by using the > > guide on the page Encryption and Authentication using SSL, however I am > > failing to get anything working including the internal broker > > communication, while I have had some experience with using openssl, I have > > none using keytool, so I assume that I am missing steps that should be > > obvious but are not mentioned in the guide or the guide does not completely > > fit to the requirements like it is based on a previous version of Java that > > is deprecated now since some steps give an error about unsupported command > > parameters. > > > > Is it certain that the guide contains all steps necessary to actually get a > > dev installation of Kafka working with SSL? > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Alexander > > > > -- > > Alexander Lehmann <[email protected]> > > https://links.lehmann.cx/ > > https://about.me/alexlehm > > >
