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# Azure Event Hub

## [Description](https://docs.mezmo.com/docs/kafka-pipeline-destination#description)

You can send Mezmo Pipeline data to Azure Event Hub - utilizing their Kafka endpoint.

## [Configuration Options](https://docs.mezmo.com/docs/kafka-pipeline-destination#configuration-options)

One of the ways to send data to Azure Event Hubs is via their [Kafka endpoint](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/event-hubs/azure-event-hubs-kafka-overview).  To configure your pipeline, please adjust your Kafka destination using the following options.

| Option                     | Description                                                                          | Value                                                                                                                   |
| -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| End-to-End Acknowledgement | Enable this option to receive verification that log data is being received by Kafka. |                                                                                                                         |
| Encoding                   | The type of encoding to use for your log data.                                       |                                                                                                                         |
| Compression                | The type of compression to use for your log data.                                    |                                                                                                                         |
| Event Key Field            | The log data field that Kafka will use as its event key.                             |                                                                                                                         |
| Broker IP and Port         | This will be the kafka endpoint for your AEH namespace.                              | `<namespace name>.servicebus.windows.net:9093`                                                                          |
| Topic                      | The name of the topic to publish to.                                                 | Your event hub name                                                                                                     |
| Group ID                   | The consumer group identifier                                                        | If you are using default, please be sure to escape the dollar sign: `$$Default`                                         |
| Use TLS                    | Enable TLS connection to the endpoint                                                | On                                                                                                                      |
| TLS CA Certificate Chain   | The CA certificate chain in PEM format                                               | A valid CA chain like [this](https://curl.se/ca/cacert.pem).                                                            |
| TLS Verify Certificate     | Verify the TLS certificate                                                           | On                                                                                                                      |
| SASL/SCRAM Enabled         | Enable SASL/SCRAM authentication for Kafka.                                          | On                                                                                                                      |
| SASL                       | The SASL/SCRAM mechanism                                                             | `PLAIN`                                                                                                                 |
| Username                   | The SASL/SCRAM Username                                                              | `$$ConnectionString`                                                                                                    |
| Password                   | The SASL/SCRAM Password                                                              | Set to the [AEH connection string](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/event-hubs/event-hubs-get-connection-string) |