Can we use VIP ip rather than Kafka Broker host name in bootstrap string

[Ma...@cognizant.com]

 Hi All ,
Can we use VIP ip rather than Kafka Broker host name in bootstrap string  at producer side ?
Any concern or recommendation way

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Re: Can we use VIP ip rather than Kafka Broker host name in bootstrap string

[Kurt Rudolph <ru...@gmail.com>]

I use a VIP in my production system and I haven't had any issues

On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 5:21 PM Peter Bukowinski <pm...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I do something like this in my environment to simplify things. We use a
> consul service address, e.g ‘kafka.service.subdomain.consul', to provide
> the VIP, which returns the address of a live broker in the cluster. Kafka
> clients use that address in their configs. It works very well.
>
> —
> Peter
>
> > On Aug 26, 2020, at 11:54 AM, Manoj.Agrawal2@cognizant.com wrote:
> >
> > Hi All ,
> > Can we use VIP ip rather than Kafka Broker host name in bootstrap
> string  at producer side ?
> > Any concern or recommendation way
>

Re: Can we use VIP ip rather than Kafka Broker host name in bootstrap string

[Peter Bukowinski <pm...@gmail.com>]

I do something like this in my environment to simplify things. We use a consul service address, e.g ‘kafka.service.subdomain.consul', to provide the VIP, which returns the address of a live broker in the cluster. Kafka clients use that address in their configs. It works very well.

—
Peter

> On Aug 26, 2020, at 11:54 AM, Manoj.Agrawal2@cognizant.com wrote:
> 
> Hi All ,
> Can we use VIP ip rather than Kafka Broker host name in bootstrap string  at producer side ?
> Any concern or recommendation way