IBM Event Streams

This page describes how to connect Lenses to IBM Event Streams.

Lenses will not start without a valid Kafka Connection. You can either add the connection via the bootstrap wizard or use provisioning for automated deployments.

From the IBM Cloud console, locate your bootstrap_endpoints. for the service credentials you want to connect with.

In the Lenses bootstrap UI:

1. Set the bootstrap_endpoints as bootstrap servers

2. Set SASL SSL as the security protocol

3. Set PLAIN as the security mechanism

4. Set the**jaas.conf** as the following, using the apiKey value as the password.

org.apache.kafka.common.security.plain.PlainLoginModule required
username="token"
password="[Your API KEY]"

IBM Event Streams requires a replication factor of 3. Ensure you set the replication factor accordingly for Lenses internal topics.

See Configuration.