Accessing and using Kafka SSL certificate on App Platform

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Hi,We added a managed Kafka on the Databases section. The SSL certificates are available on that Kafka instance. We planned to have a worker that will be deployed on an App Platform. The Kafka config on our worker requires to have the certificate file on disk. I have two questions. First is the Kafka certificate provisionned for all App Platforms instance and how do we access it from an App Platform environment variables (Something like KAFKA_CERTICATE={kafka.CA_ERT}?)? Because its not possible to push a certificate on disk on an App Platform, what will be the workaround?

Matt Arnold · Answer

Hey PapaSougouWele, App Platform doesn’t manage certificates directly, but there are workarounds! For Kafka with App Platform, consider using a Secret Manager or mounting a volume with the certificate.

Bobby · Answer

Hi there, In order for the certificate, and all other Kafka details, to be available as env variables to your app, you need to make sure that you’ve added the Kafka cluster as a component to your App Platform first. You can now add existing Kafka databases to App Platform apps but keep in mind that this feature is in beta. Once you’ve followed the steps above the App Platform will provide the bindable environment variables that automatically provide connection details for your Kafka database. To integrate an existing Kafka database, follow the steps to add the database to your app , then add the following environment variable key value pairs to your app, replacing your-kafka-instance-name with your database cluster’s name: Example Key Value Format Description KAFKA_BROKER ${your-kafka-instance-name.HOSTNAME}:${your-kafka-instance-name.PORT} The hostname and port of the database’s Kafka brokers KAFKA_USERNAME ${your-kafka-instance-name.USERNAME} The username for authenticating with the Kafka database KAFKA_PASSWORD ${your-kafka-instance-name.PASSWORD} The password for authenticating with the Kafka database KAFKA_CA_CERT ${your-kafka-instance-name.CA_CERT} The CA certificate for TLS authentication with the Kafka database Let me know how this goes! - Bobby

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