The article covers a guide on setting up TLS/Mutual TLS (mTLS) for securing communication between Kafka clients and servers, specifically in a Kubernetes environment, thus mitigating potential threats such as man-in-the-middle attacks and unauthorized access to data. We’ll be starting off by diving into a bunch of topics that’ll help you understand why we’re doing what we’re doing for our setup. By Aranya Chauhan.
To create a secure line of communication between Kafka Clients and Servers, think of it like building a fortress around your data so that no sneaky middlemen can sneak a peek.
The article then dives into:
- Man-in-the-middle attack
- TLS/mTLS 101
- TLS Certificates
- Setting up TLS Authentication on Kafka Deployed on Kubernetes
- Installing Single Node Kubernetes:
- Installing Helm
- Deploying Strimzi Operator and Kafka Cluster
- Deploying Kafka Cluster
- Configuring Client Side TLS/mTLS Authentication
… and more. When it comes to setting up TLS/mTLS with Kafka, the safety dance doesn’t just stop at configuring all those tricky certificates and keystores. Oh no, it’s also about keeping those secrets, well, secret. Because let’s face it, handling private keys and secrets with the carelessness of leaving your car keys in the ignition isn’t exactly a recipe for security success. Good read!
[Read More]