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# Kafka

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

You can send Mezmo Pipeline data to Kafka.

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

| Option                     | Description                                                                          |
| -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| 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.                              |
| Topic                      | The name of the topic to publish to.                                                 |
| Group ID                   | The consumer group identifier                                                        |
| Use TLS                    | Enable TLS connection to the endpoint                                                |
| TLS CA Certificate Chain   | The CA certificate chain in PEM format                                               |
| TLS Verify Certificate     | Verify the TLS certificate                                                           |
| SASL/SCRAM Enabled         | Enable SASL/SCRAM authentication for Kafka.                                          |
| SASL                       | The SASL/SCRAM mechanism                                                             |
| Username                   | The SASL/SCRAM Username                                                              |
| Password                   | The SASL/SCRAM Password                                                              |