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# Azure Event Hub

> Send Mezmo Pipeline data to Azure Event Hubs through its Kafka endpoint, with broker, topic, TLS, and SASL/SCRAM configuration options.

## Description

You can send Mezmo Pipeline data to Azure Event Hub - utilizing their Kafka endpoint.

## Configuration Options

One of the ways to send data to Azure Event Hubs is via their [Kafka endpoint](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/event-hubs/azure-event-hubs-kafka-overview). To configure your pipeline, please adjust your Kafka destination using the following options.

| Option | Description | Value |
| - | - | - |
| End-to-End Acknowledgement | Enable this option to receive verification that log data is being received by Kafka. | |
| Encoding | The type of encoding to use for your log data. | |
| Compression | The type of compression to use for your log data. | |
| Event Key Field | The log data field that Kafka will use as its event key. | |
| Broker IP and Port | This will be the kafka endpoint for your AEH namespace. | `<namespace name>.servicebus.windows.net:9093` |
| Topic | The name of the topic to publish to. | Your event hub name |
| Group ID | The consumer group identifier | If you are using default, please be sure to escape the dollar sign: `$$Default` |
| Use TLS | Enable TLS connection to the endpoint | On |
| TLS CA Certificate Chain | The CA certificate chain in PEM format | A valid CA chain like [this](https://curl.se/ca/cacert.pem). |
| TLS Verify Certificate | Verify the TLS certificate | On |
| SASL/SCRAM Enabled | Enable SASL/SCRAM authentication for Kafka. | On |
| SASL | The SASL/SCRAM mechanism | `PLAIN` |
| Username | The SASL/SCRAM Username | `$$ConnectionString` |
| Password | The SASL/SCRAM Password | Set to the [AEH connection string](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/event-hubs/event-hubs-get-connection-string) |