BrokerTransportFailure Error for Kafka brokers when using Vector as collector in RHOCP 4

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The messages below appear in collector pods after configuring the ClusterLogForwarder (CLF) instance:

    ERROR rdkafka::client: librdkafka: Global error: BrokerTransportFailure (Local: Broker transport failure): 
    ssl://xxxxxxxxxxx:9093/bootstrap: Disconnected: verify that security.protocol is correctly configured, broker 
    might require SASL authentication (after 105ms in state UP, 4 identical error(s) suppressed)
    
  • BrokerTransportFailure error for kafka brokers when using vector as collector in RHOCP 4.

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP)
    • 4
  • Red Hat OpenShift Logging (RHOL)
    • 5.6+
  • Loki
  • Vector

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