Advanced parameters for Aiven for Apache Kafka®#

Below you can find a summary of every configuration option available for Aiven for Apache Kafka® service:

custom_domain#

[‘string’, ‘null’]

Custom domain Serve the web frontend using a custom CNAME pointing to the Aiven DNS name

ip_filter#

array

IP filter Allow incoming connections from CIDR address block, e.g. ‘10.20.0.0/16’

service_log#

[‘boolean’, ‘null’]

Service logging Store logs for the service so that they are available in the HTTP API and console.

static_ips#

boolean

Static IP addresses Use static public IP addresses

private_access#

object

Allow access to selected service ports from private networks

kafka#

boolean

Allow clients to connect to kafka with a DNS name that always resolves to the service’s private IP addresses. Only available in certain network locations

kafka_connect#

boolean

Allow clients to connect to kafka_connect with a DNS name that always resolves to the service’s private IP addresses. Only available in certain network locations

kafka_rest#

boolean

Allow clients to connect to kafka_rest with a DNS name that always resolves to the service’s private IP addresses. Only available in certain network locations

prometheus#

boolean

Allow clients to connect to prometheus with a DNS name that always resolves to the service’s private IP addresses. Only available in certain network locations

schema_registry#

boolean

Allow clients to connect to schema_registry with a DNS name that always resolves to the service’s private IP addresses. Only available in certain network locations

public_access#

object

Allow access to selected service ports from the public Internet

kafka#

boolean

Allow clients to connect to kafka from the public internet for service nodes that are in a project VPC or another type of private network

kafka_connect#

boolean

Allow clients to connect to kafka_connect from the public internet for service nodes that are in a project VPC or another type of private network

kafka_rest#

boolean

Allow clients to connect to kafka_rest from the public internet for service nodes that are in a project VPC or another type of private network

prometheus#

boolean

Allow clients to connect to prometheus from the public internet for service nodes that are in a project VPC or another type of private network

schema_registry#

boolean

Allow clients to connect to schema_registry from the public internet for service nodes that are in a project VPC or another type of private network

kafka#

object

Kafka broker configuration values

compression_type#

string

compression.type Specify the final compression type for a given topic. This configuration accepts the standard compression codecs (‘gzip’, ‘snappy’, ‘lz4’, ‘zstd’). It additionally accepts ‘uncompressed’ which is equivalent to no compression; and ‘producer’ which means retain the original compression codec set by the producer.

group_initial_rebalance_delay_ms#

integer

group.initial.rebalance.delay.ms The amount of time, in milliseconds, the group coordinator will wait for more consumers to join a new group before performing the first rebalance. A longer delay means potentially fewer rebalances, but increases the time until processing begins. The default value for this is 3 seconds. During development and testing it might be desirable to set this to 0 in order to not delay test execution time.

group_min_session_timeout_ms#

integer

group.min.session.timeout.ms The minimum allowed session timeout for registered consumers. Longer timeouts give consumers more time to process messages in between heartbeats at the cost of a longer time to detect failures.

group_max_session_timeout_ms#

integer

group.max.session.timeout.ms The maximum allowed session timeout for registered consumers. Longer timeouts give consumers more time to process messages in between heartbeats at the cost of a longer time to detect failures.

connections_max_idle_ms#

integer

connections.max.idle.ms Idle connections timeout: the server socket processor threads close the connections that idle for longer than this.

max_incremental_fetch_session_cache_slots#

integer

max.incremental.fetch.session.cache.slots The maximum number of incremental fetch sessions that the broker will maintain.

message_max_bytes#

integer

message.max.bytes The maximum size of message that the server can receive.

offsets_retention_minutes#

integer

offsets.retention.minutes Log retention window in minutes for offsets topic

log_cleaner_delete_retention_ms#

integer

log.cleaner.delete.retention.ms How long are delete records retained?

log_cleaner_min_cleanable_ratio#

number

log.cleaner.min.cleanable.ratio Controls log compactor frequency. Larger value means more frequent compactions but also more space wasted for logs. Consider setting log.cleaner.max.compaction.lag.ms to enforce compactions sooner, instead of setting a very high value for this option.

log_cleaner_max_compaction_lag_ms#

integer

log.cleaner.max.compaction.lag.ms The maximum amount of time message will remain uncompacted. Only applicable for logs that are being compacted

log_cleaner_min_compaction_lag_ms#

integer

log.cleaner.min.compaction.lag.ms The minimum time a message will remain uncompacted in the log. Only applicable for logs that are being compacted.

log_cleanup_policy#

string

log.cleanup.policy The default cleanup policy for segments beyond the retention window

log_flush_interval_messages#

integer

log.flush.interval.messages The number of messages accumulated on a log partition before messages are flushed to disk

log_flush_interval_ms#

integer

log.flush.interval.ms The maximum time in ms that a message in any topic is kept in memory before flushed to disk. If not set, the value in log.flush.scheduler.interval.ms is used

log_index_interval_bytes#

integer

log.index.interval.bytes The interval with which Kafka adds an entry to the offset index

log_index_size_max_bytes#

integer

log.index.size.max.bytes The maximum size in bytes of the offset index

log_local_retention_ms#

integer

log.local.retention.ms The number of milliseconds to keep the local log segments before it gets eligible for deletion. If set to -2, the value of log.retention.ms is used. The effective value should always be less than or equal to log.retention.ms value.

log_local_retention_bytes#

integer

log.local.retention.bytes The maximum size of local log segments that can grow for a partition before it gets eligible for deletion. If set to -2, the value of log.retention.bytes is used. The effective value should always be less than or equal to log.retention.bytes value.

log_message_downconversion_enable#

boolean

log.message.downconversion.enable This configuration controls whether down-conversion of message formats is enabled to satisfy consume requests.

log_message_timestamp_type#

string

log.message.timestamp.type Define whether the timestamp in the message is message create time or log append time.

log_message_timestamp_difference_max_ms#

integer

log.message.timestamp.difference.max.ms The maximum difference allowed between the timestamp when a broker receives a message and the timestamp specified in the message

log_preallocate#

boolean

log.preallocate Should pre allocate file when create new segment?

log_retention_bytes#

integer

log.retention.bytes The maximum size of the log before deleting messages

log_retention_hours#

integer

log.retention.hours The number of hours to keep a log file before deleting it

log_retention_ms#

integer

log.retention.ms The number of milliseconds to keep a log file before deleting it (in milliseconds), If not set, the value in log.retention.minutes is used. If set to -1, no time limit is applied.

log_roll_jitter_ms#

integer

log.roll.jitter.ms The maximum jitter to subtract from logRollTimeMillis (in milliseconds). If not set, the value in log.roll.jitter.hours is used

log_roll_ms#

integer

log.roll.ms The maximum time before a new log segment is rolled out (in milliseconds).

log_segment_bytes#

integer

log.segment.bytes The maximum size of a single log file

log_segment_delete_delay_ms#

integer

log.segment.delete.delay.ms The amount of time to wait before deleting a file from the filesystem

auto_create_topics_enable#

boolean

auto.create.topics.enable Enable auto creation of topics

min_insync_replicas#

integer

min.insync.replicas When a producer sets acks to ‘all’ (or ‘-1’), min.insync.replicas specifies the minimum number of replicas that must acknowledge a write for the write to be considered successful.

num_partitions#

integer

num.partitions Number of partitions for autocreated topics

default_replication_factor#

integer

default.replication.factor Replication factor for autocreated topics

replica_fetch_max_bytes#

integer

replica.fetch.max.bytes The number of bytes of messages to attempt to fetch for each partition (defaults to 1048576). This is not an absolute maximum, if the first record batch in the first non-empty partition of the fetch is larger than this value, the record batch will still be returned to ensure that progress can be made.

replica_fetch_response_max_bytes#

integer

replica.fetch.response.max.bytes Maximum bytes expected for the entire fetch response (defaults to 10485760). Records are fetched in batches, and if the first record batch in the first non-empty partition of the fetch is larger than this value, the record batch will still be returned to ensure that progress can be made. As such, this is not an absolute maximum.

max_connections_per_ip#

integer

max.connections.per.ip The maximum number of connections allowed from each ip address (defaults to 2147483647).

producer_purgatory_purge_interval_requests#

integer

producer.purgatory.purge.interval.requests The purge interval (in number of requests) of the producer request purgatory(defaults to 1000).

sasl_oauthbearer_expected_audience#

string

sasl.oauthbearer.expected.audience The (optional) comma-delimited setting for the broker to use to verify that the JWT was issued for one of the expected audiences.

sasl_oauthbearer_expected_issuer#

string

sasl.oauthbearer.expected.issuer Optional setting for the broker to use to verify that the JWT was created by the expected issuer.

sasl_oauthbearer_jwks_endpoint_url#

string

sasl.oauthbearer.jwks.endpoint.url OIDC JWKS endpoint URL. By setting this the SASL SSL OAuth2/OIDC authentication is enabled. See also other options for SASL OAuth2/OIDC.

sasl_oauthbearer_sub_claim_name#

string

sasl.oauthbearer.sub.claim.name Name of the scope from which to extract the subject claim from the JWT. Defaults to sub.

socket_request_max_bytes#

integer

socket.request.max.bytes The maximum number of bytes in a socket request (defaults to 104857600).

transaction_state_log_segment_bytes#

integer

transaction.state.log.segment.bytes The transaction topic segment bytes should be kept relatively small in order to facilitate faster log compaction and cache loads (defaults to 104857600 (100 mebibytes)).

transaction_remove_expired_transaction_cleanup_interval_ms#

integer

transaction.remove.expired.transaction.cleanup.interval.ms The interval at which to remove transactions that have expired due to transactional.id.expiration.ms passing (defaults to 3600000 (1 hour)).

transaction_partition_verification_enable#

boolean

transaction.partition.verification.enable Enable verification that checks that the partition has been added to the transaction before writing transactional records to the partition

kafka_authentication_methods#

object

Kafka authentication methods

certificate#

boolean

Enable certificate/SSL authentication

sasl#

boolean

Enable SASL authentication

kafka_connect#

boolean

Enable Kafka Connect service

kafka_connect_config#

object

Kafka Connect configuration values

connector_client_config_override_policy#

string

Client config override policy Defines what client configurations can be overridden by the connector. Default is None

consumer_auto_offset_reset#

string

Consumer auto offset reset What to do when there is no initial offset in Kafka or if the current offset does not exist any more on the server. Default is earliest

consumer_fetch_max_bytes#

integer

The maximum amount of data the server should return for a fetch request Records are fetched in batches by the consumer, and if the first record batch in the first non-empty partition of the fetch is larger than this value, the record batch will still be returned to ensure that the consumer can make progress. As such, this is not a absolute maximum.

consumer_isolation_level#

string

Consumer isolation level Transaction read isolation level. read_uncommitted is the default, but read_committed can be used if consume-exactly-once behavior is desired.

consumer_max_partition_fetch_bytes#

integer

The maximum amount of data per-partition the server will return. Records are fetched in batches by the consumer.If the first record batch in the first non-empty partition of the fetch is larger than this limit, the batch will still be returned to ensure that the consumer can make progress.

consumer_max_poll_interval_ms#

integer

The maximum delay between polls when using consumer group management The maximum delay in milliseconds between invocations of poll() when using consumer group management (defaults to 300000).

consumer_max_poll_records#

integer

The maximum number of records returned by a single poll The maximum number of records returned in a single call to poll() (defaults to 500).

offset_flush_interval_ms#

integer

The interval at which to try committing offsets for tasks The interval at which to try committing offsets for tasks (defaults to 60000).

offset_flush_timeout_ms#

integer

Offset flush timeout Maximum number of milliseconds to wait for records to flush and partition offset data to be committed to offset storage before cancelling the process and restoring the offset data to be committed in a future attempt (defaults to 5000).

producer_batch_size#

integer

The batch size in bytes the producer will attempt to collect for the same partition before publishing to broker This setting gives the upper bound of the batch size to be sent. If there are fewer than this many bytes accumulated for this partition, the producer will ‘linger’ for the linger.ms time waiting for more records to show up. A batch size of zero will disable batching entirely (defaults to 16384).

producer_buffer_memory#

integer

The total bytes of memory the producer can use to buffer records waiting to be sent to the broker The total bytes of memory the producer can use to buffer records waiting to be sent to the broker (defaults to 33554432).

producer_compression_type#

string

The default compression type for producers Specify the default compression type for producers. This configuration accepts the standard compression codecs (‘gzip’, ‘snappy’, ‘lz4’, ‘zstd’). It additionally accepts ‘none’ which is the default and equivalent to no compression.

producer_linger_ms#

integer

Wait for up to the given delay to allow batching records together This setting gives the upper bound on the delay for batching: once there is batch.size worth of records for a partition it will be sent immediately regardless of this setting, however if there are fewer than this many bytes accumulated for this partition the producer will ‘linger’ for the specified time waiting for more records to show up. Defaults to 0.

producer_max_request_size#

integer

The maximum size of a request in bytes This setting will limit the number of record batches the producer will send in a single request to avoid sending huge requests.

scheduled_rebalance_max_delay_ms#

integer

The maximum delay of rebalancing connector workers The maximum delay that is scheduled in order to wait for the return of one or more departed workers before rebalancing and reassigning their connectors and tasks to the group. During this period the connectors and tasks of the departed workers remain unassigned. Defaults to 5 minutes.

session_timeout_ms#

integer

The timeout used to detect failures when using Kafka’s group management facilities The timeout in milliseconds used to detect failures when using Kafka’s group management facilities (defaults to 10000).

kafka_rest#

boolean

Enable Kafka-REST service

kafka_version#

[‘string’, ‘null’]

Kafka major version

schema_registry#

boolean

Enable Schema-Registry service

kafka_rest_authorization#

boolean

Enable authorization in Kafka-REST service

kafka_rest_config#

object

Kafka REST configuration

producer_acks#

string

producer.acks The number of acknowledgments the producer requires the leader to have received before considering a request complete. If set to ‘all’ or ‘-1’, the leader will wait for the full set of in-sync replicas to acknowledge the record.

producer_compression_type#

string

producer.compression.type Specify the default compression type for producers. This configuration accepts the standard compression codecs (‘gzip’, ‘snappy’, ‘lz4’, ‘zstd’). It additionally accepts ‘none’ which is the default and equivalent to no compression.

producer_linger_ms#

integer

producer.linger.ms Wait for up to the given delay to allow batching records together

producer_max_request_size#

integer

producer.max.request.size The maximum size of a request in bytes. Note that Kafka broker can also cap the record batch size.

consumer_enable_auto_commit#

boolean

consumer.enable.auto.commit If true the consumer’s offset will be periodically committed to Kafka in the background

consumer_request_max_bytes#

integer

consumer.request.max.bytes Maximum number of bytes in unencoded message keys and values by a single request

consumer_request_timeout_ms#

integer

consumer.request.timeout.ms The maximum total time to wait for messages for a request if the maximum number of messages has not yet been reached

name_strategy_validation#

boolean

name.strategy.validation If true, validate that given schema is registered under expected subject name by the used name strategy when producing messages.

simpleconsumer_pool_size_max#

integer

simpleconsumer.pool.size.max Maximum number of SimpleConsumers that can be instantiated per broker

tiered_storage#

object

Tiered storage configuration

enabled#

boolean

Enabled Whether to enable the tiered storage functionality

schema_registry_config#

object

Schema Registry configuration

topic_name#

string

topic_name The durable single partition topic that acts as the durable log for the data. This topic must be compacted to avoid losing data due to retention policy. Please note that changing this configuration in an existing Schema Registry / Karapace setup leads to previous schemas being inaccessible, data encoded with them potentially unreadable and schema ID sequence put out of order. It’s only possible to do the switch while Schema Registry / Karapace is disabled. Defaults to _schemas.

leader_eligibility#

boolean

leader_eligibility If true, Karapace / Schema Registry on the service nodes can participate in leader election. It might be needed to disable this when the schemas topic is replicated to a secondary cluster and Karapace / Schema Registry there must not participate in leader election. Defaults to true.

aiven_kafka_topic_messages#

boolean

Allow access to read Kafka topic messages in the Aiven Console and REST API.