logstash-integration-kafka 10.0.1-java → 10.5.0-java

data/docs/output-kafka.asciidoc

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ include::{include_path}/plugin_header.asciidoc[]
 
 Write events to a Kafka topic. 
 
-This plugin uses Kafka Client 2.1.0. For broker compatibility, see the official https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Compatibility+Matrix[Kafka compatibility reference]. If the linked compatibility wiki is not up-to-date, please contact Kafka support/community to confirm compatibility.
+This plugin uses Kafka Client 2.3.0. For broker compatibility, see the official https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Compatibility+Matrix[Kafka compatibility reference]. If the linked compatibility wiki is not up-to-date, please contact Kafka support/community to confirm compatibility.
 
 If you require features not yet available in this plugin (including client version upgrades), please file an issue with details about what you need.
 
@@ -47,15 +47,19 @@ If you want the full content of your events to be sent as json, you should set t
       }
     }
     
-For more information see http://kafka.apache.org/documentation.html#theproducer
+For more information see https://kafka.apache.org/24/documentation.html#theproducer
 
-Kafka producer configuration: http://kafka.apache.org/documentation.html#newproducerconfigs
+Kafka producer configuration: https://kafka.apache.org/24/documentation.html#producerconfigs
 
 [id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-options"]
 ==== Kafka Output Configuration Options
 
 This plugin supports the following configuration options plus the <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-common-options>> described later.
 
+NOTE: Some of these options map to a Kafka option. Defaults usually reflect the Kafka default setting,
+and might change if Kafka's producer defaults change.
+See the https://kafka.apache.org/24/documentation for more details.
+
 [cols="<,<,<",options="header",]
 |=======================================================================
 |Setting |Input type|Required
@@ -63,6 +67,7 @@ This plugin supports the following configuration options plus the <
 | <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-batch_size>> |<<number,number>>|No
 | <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-bootstrap_servers>> |<<string,string>>|No
 | <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-buffer_memory>> |<<number,number>>|No
+| <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-client_dns_lookup>> |<<string,string>>|No
 | <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-client_id>> |<<string,string>>|No
 | <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-compression_type>> |<<string,string>>, one of `["none", "gzip", "snappy", "lz4"]`|No
 | <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-jaas_path>> |a valid filesystem path|No
@@ -73,9 +78,10 @@ This plugin supports the following configuration options plus the <
 | <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-message_key>> |<<string,string>>|No
 | <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-metadata_fetch_timeout_ms>> |<<number,number>>|No
 | <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-metadata_max_age_ms>> |<<number,number>>|No
+| <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-partitioner>> |<<string,string>>|No
 | <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-receive_buffer_bytes>> |<<number,number>>|No
 | <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-reconnect_backoff_ms>> |<<number,number>>|No
-| <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-request_timeout_ms>> |<<string,string>>|No
+| <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-request_timeout_ms>> |<<number,number>>|No
 | <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-retries>> |<<number,number>>|No
 | <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-retry_backoff_ms>> |<<number,number>>|No
 | <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-sasl_jaas_config>> |<<string,string>>|No
@@ -109,16 +115,19 @@ output plugins.
 The number of acknowledgments the producer requires the leader to have received
 before considering a request complete.
 
-acks=0,   the producer will not wait for any acknowledgment from the server at all.
-acks=1,   This will mean the leader will write the record to its local log but
-          will respond without awaiting full acknowledgement from all followers.
-acks=all, This means the leader will wait for the full set of in-sync replicas to acknowledge the record.
+`acks=0`. The producer will not wait for any acknowledgment from the server.
+
+`acks=1`. The leader will write the record to its local log, but will respond
+without waiting for full acknowledgement from all followers.
+          
+`acks=all`. The leader will wait for the full set of in-sync replicas before
+acknowledging the record.
 
 [id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-batch_size"]
 ===== `batch_size` 
 
   * Value type is <<number,number>>
-  * Default value is `16384`
+  * Default value is `16384`.
 
 The producer will attempt to batch records together into fewer requests whenever multiple
 records are being sent to the same partition. This helps performance on both the client
@@ -140,10 +149,22 @@ subset of brokers.
 ===== `buffer_memory` 
 
   * Value type is <<number,number>>
-  * Default value is `33554432`
+  * Default value is `33554432` (32MB).
 
 The total bytes of memory the producer can use to buffer records waiting to be sent to the server.
 
+[id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-client_dns_lookup"]
+===== `client_dns_lookup` 
+
+  * Value type is <<string,string>>
+  * Valid options are `use_all_dns_ips`, `resolve_canonical_bootstrap_servers_only`, `default`
+  * Default value is `"default"`
+
+Controls how DNS lookups are done. If set to `use_all_dns_ips`, Logstash tries
+all IP addresses returned for a hostname before failing the connection.
+If set to `resolve_canonical_bootstrap_servers_only`, each entry will be 
+resolved and expanded into a list of canonical names.
+
 [id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-client_id"]
 ===== `client_id` 
 
@@ -161,7 +182,7 @@ ip/port by allowing a logical application name to be included with the request
   * Default value is `"none"`
 
 The compression type for all data generated by the producer.
-The default is none (i.e. no compression). Valid values are none, gzip, or snappy.
+The default is none (i.e. no compression). Valid values are none, gzip, snappy, or lz4.
 
 [id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-jaas_path"]
 ===== `jaas_path` 
@@ -220,7 +241,7 @@ to allow other records to be sent so that the sends can be batched together.
 ===== `max_request_size` 
 
   * Value type is <<number,number>>
-  * Default value is `1048576`
+  * Default value is `1048576` (1MB).
 
 The maximum size of a request
 
@@ -230,29 +251,44 @@ The maximum size of a request
   * Value type is <<string,string>>
   * There is no default value for this setting.
 
-The key for the message
+The key for the message.
 
 [id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-metadata_fetch_timeout_ms"]
 ===== `metadata_fetch_timeout_ms` 
 
   * Value type is <<number,number>>
-  * Default value is `60000`
+  * Default value is `60000` milliseconds (60 seconds).
 
-the timeout setting for initial metadata request to fetch topic metadata.
+The timeout setting for initial metadata request to fetch topic metadata.
 
 [id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-metadata_max_age_ms"]
 ===== `metadata_max_age_ms` 
 
   * Value type is <<number,number>>
-  * Default value is `300000`
+  * Default value is `300000` milliseconds (5 minutes).
+
+The max time in milliseconds before a metadata refresh is forced.
+
+[id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-partitioner"]
+===== `partitioner`
 
-the max time in milliseconds before a metadata refresh is forced.
+* Value type is <<string,string>>
+* There is no default value for this setting.
+
+The default behavior is to hash the `message_key` of an event to get the partition.
+When no message key is present, the plugin picks a partition in a round-robin fashion.
+
+Available options for choosing a partitioning strategy are as follows:
+
+* `default` use the default partitioner as described above
+* `round_robin` distributes writes to all partitions equally, regardless of `message_key`
+* `uniform_sticky` sticks to a partition for the duration of a batch than randomly picks a new one
 
 [id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-receive_buffer_bytes"]
 ===== `receive_buffer_bytes` 
 
   * Value type is <<number,number>>
-  * Default value is `32768`
+  * Default value is `32768` (32KB).
 
 The size of the TCP receive buffer to use when reading data
 
@@ -260,15 +296,15 @@ The size of the TCP receive buffer to use when reading data
 ===== `reconnect_backoff_ms` 
 
   * Value type is <<number,number>>
-  * Default value is `10`
+  * Default value is `50`.
 
 The amount of time to wait before attempting to reconnect to a given host when a connection fails.
 
 [id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-request_timeout_ms"]
 ===== `request_timeout_ms` 
 
-  * Value type is <<string,string>>
-  * There is no default value for this setting.
+  * Value type is <<number,number>>
+  * Default value is `40000` milliseconds (40 seconds).
 
 The configuration controls the maximum amount of time the client will wait
 for the response of a request. If the response is not received before the timeout
@@ -291,11 +327,20 @@ Kafka down, etc).
 
 A value less than zero is a configuration error.
 
+Starting with version 10.5.0, this plugin will only retry exceptions that are a subclass of
+https://kafka.apache.org/25/javadoc/org/apache/kafka/common/errors/RetriableException.html[RetriableException]
+and
+https://kafka.apache.org/25/javadoc/org/apache/kafka/common/errors/InterruptException.html[InterruptException].
+If producing a message throws any other exception, an error is logged and the message is dropped without retrying.
+This prevents the Logstash pipeline from hanging indefinitely.
+
+In versions prior to 10.5.0, any exception is retried indefinitely unless the `retries` option is configured.
+
 [id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-retry_backoff_ms"]
 ===== `retry_backoff_ms` 
 
   * Value type is <<number,number>>
-  * Default value is `100`
+  * Default value is `100` milliseconds.
 
 The amount of time to wait before attempting to retry a failed produce request to a given topic partition.
 
@@ -348,7 +393,7 @@ Security protocol to use, which can be either of PLAINTEXT,SSL,SASL_PLAINTEXT,SA
 ===== `send_buffer_bytes` 
 
   * Value type is <<number,number>>
-  * Default value is `131072`
+  * Default value is `131072` (128KB).
 
 The size of the TCP send buffer to use when sending data.
 

data/lib/logstash-integration-kafka_jars.rb

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # AUTOGENERATED BY THE GRADLE SCRIPT. DO NOT EDIT.
 
 require 'jar_dependencies'
-require_jar('org.apache.kafka', 'kafka-clients', '2.3.0')
-require_jar('com.github.luben', 'zstd-jni', '1.4.2-1')
-require_jar('org.slf4j', 'slf4j-api', '1.7.26')
+require_jar('org.apache.kafka', 'kafka-clients', '2.4.1')
+require_jar('com.github.luben', 'zstd-jni', '1.4.3-1')
+require_jar('org.slf4j', 'slf4j-api', '1.7.28')
 require_jar('org.lz4', 'lz4-java', '1.6.0')
 require_jar('org.xerial.snappy', 'snappy-java', '1.1.7.3')

data/lib/logstash/inputs/kafka.rb

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class LogStash::Inputs::Kafka < LogStash::Inputs::Base
   default :codec, 'plain'
 
   # The frequency in milliseconds that the consumer offsets are committed to Kafka.
-  config :auto_commit_interval_ms, :validate => :string, :default => "5000"
+  config :auto_commit_interval_ms, :validate => :number, :default => 5000 # Kafka default
   # What to do when there is no initial offset in Kafka or if an offset is out of range:
   #
   # * earliest: automatically reset the offset to the earliest offset
@@ -70,35 +70,40 @@ class LogStash::Inputs::Kafka < LogStash::Inputs::Base
   # Automatically check the CRC32 of the records consumed. This ensures no on-the-wire or on-disk
   # corruption to the messages occurred. This check adds some overhead, so it may be
   # disabled in cases seeking extreme performance.
-  config :check_crcs, :validate => :string
+  config :check_crcs, :validate => :boolean, :default => true
+  # How DNS lookups should be done. If set to `use_all_dns_ips`, when the lookup returns multiple 
+  # IP addresses for a hostname, they will all be attempted to connect to before failing the 
+  # connection. If the value is `resolve_canonical_bootstrap_servers_only` each entry will be 
+  # resolved and expanded into a list of canonical names.
+  config :client_dns_lookup, :validate => ["default", "use_all_dns_ips", "resolve_canonical_bootstrap_servers_only"], :default => "default"
   # The id string to pass to the server when making requests. The purpose of this
   # is to be able to track the source of requests beyond just ip/port by allowing
   # a logical application name to be included.
   config :client_id, :validate => :string, :default => "logstash"
   # Close idle connections after the number of milliseconds specified by this config.
-  config :connections_max_idle_ms, :validate => :string
+  config :connections_max_idle_ms, :validate => :number, :default => 540_000 # (9m) Kafka default
   # Ideally you should have as many threads as the number of partitions for a perfect
   # balance — more threads than partitions means that some threads will be idle
   config :consumer_threads, :validate => :number, :default => 1
   # If true, periodically commit to Kafka the offsets of messages already returned by the consumer. 
   # This committed offset will be used when the process fails as the position from
   # which the consumption will begin.
-  config :enable_auto_commit, :validate => :string, :default => "true"
+  config :enable_auto_commit, :validate => :boolean, :default => true
   # Whether records from internal topics (such as offsets) should be exposed to the consumer.
   # If set to true the only way to receive records from an internal topic is subscribing to it.
   config :exclude_internal_topics, :validate => :string
   # The maximum amount of data the server should return for a fetch request. This is not an 
   # absolute maximum, if the first message in the first non-empty partition of the fetch is larger 
   # than this value, the message will still be returned to ensure that the consumer can make progress.
-  config :fetch_max_bytes, :validate => :string
+  config :fetch_max_bytes, :validate => :number, :default => 52_428_800 # (50MB) Kafka default
   # The maximum amount of time the server will block before answering the fetch request if
   # there isn't sufficient data to immediately satisfy `fetch_min_bytes`. This
   # should be less than or equal to the timeout used in `poll_timeout_ms`
-  config :fetch_max_wait_ms, :validate => :string
+  config :fetch_max_wait_ms, :validate => :number, :default => 500 # Kafka default
   # The minimum amount of data the server should return for a fetch request. If insufficient
   # data is available the request will wait for that much data to accumulate
   # before answering the request.
-  config :fetch_min_bytes, :validate => :string
+  config :fetch_min_bytes, :validate => :number
   # The identifier of the group this consumer belongs to. Consumer group is a single logical subscriber
   # that happens to be made up of multiple processors. Messages in a topic will be distributed to all
   # Logstash instances with the same `group_id`
@@ -108,48 +113,55 @@ class LogStash::Inputs::Kafka < LogStash::Inputs::Base
   # consumers join or leave the group. The value must be set lower than
   # `session.timeout.ms`, but typically should be set no higher than 1/3 of that value.
   # It can be adjusted even lower to control the expected time for normal rebalances.
-  config :heartbeat_interval_ms, :validate => :string
+  config :heartbeat_interval_ms, :validate => :number, :default => 3000 # Kafka default
+  # Controls how to read messages written transactionally. If set to read_committed, consumer.poll()
+  # will only return transactional messages which have been committed. If set to read_uncommitted'
+  # (the default), consumer.poll() will return all messages, even transactional messages which have
+  # been aborted. Non-transactional messages will be returned unconditionally in either mode.
+  config :isolation_level, :validate => ["read_uncommitted", "read_committed"], :default => "read_uncommitted" # Kafka default
   # Java Class used to deserialize the record's key
   config :key_deserializer_class, :validate => :string, :default => "org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer"
   # The maximum delay between invocations of poll() when using consumer group management. This places 
   # an upper bound on the amount of time that the consumer can be idle before fetching more records. 
   # If poll() is not called before expiration of this timeout, then the consumer is considered failed and 
   # the group will rebalance in order to reassign the partitions to another member.
-  # The value of the configuration `request_timeout_ms` must always be larger than max_poll_interval_ms
-  config :max_poll_interval_ms, :validate => :string
+  config :max_poll_interval_ms, :validate => :number, :default => 300_000 # (5m) Kafka default
   # The maximum amount of data per-partition the server will return. The maximum total memory used for a
   # request will be <code>#partitions * max.partition.fetch.bytes</code>. This size must be at least
   # as large as the maximum message size the server allows or else it is possible for the producer to
   # send messages larger than the consumer can fetch. If that happens, the consumer can get stuck trying
   # to fetch a large message on a certain partition.
-  config :max_partition_fetch_bytes, :validate => :string
+  config :max_partition_fetch_bytes, :validate => :number, :default => 1_048_576 # (1MB) Kafka default
   # The maximum number of records returned in a single call to poll().
-  config :max_poll_records, :validate => :string
+  config :max_poll_records, :validate => :number, :default => 500 # Kafka default
   # The period of time in milliseconds after which we force a refresh of metadata even if
   # we haven't seen any partition leadership changes to proactively discover any new brokers or partitions
-  config :metadata_max_age_ms, :validate => :string
-  # The class name of the partition assignment strategy that the client will use to distribute
-  # partition ownership amongst consumer instances
+  config :metadata_max_age_ms, :validate => :number, :default => 300_000 # (5m) Kafka default
+  # The name of the partition assignment strategy that the client uses to distribute
+  # partition ownership amongst consumer instances, supported options are `range`,
+  # `round_robin`, `sticky` and `cooperative_sticky`
+  # (for backwards compatibility setting the class name directly is supported).
   config :partition_assignment_strategy, :validate => :string
   # The size of the TCP receive buffer (SO_RCVBUF) to use when reading data.
-  config :receive_buffer_bytes, :validate => :string
-  # The amount of time to wait before attempting to reconnect to a given host.
+  # If the value is `-1`, the OS default will be used.
+  config :receive_buffer_bytes, :validate => :number, :default => 32_768 # (32KB) Kafka default
+  # The base amount of time to wait before attempting to reconnect to a given host.
   # This avoids repeatedly connecting to a host in a tight loop.
-  # This backoff applies to all requests sent by the consumer to the broker.
-  config :reconnect_backoff_ms, :validate => :string
-  # The configuration controls the maximum amount of time the client will wait
-  # for the response of a request. If the response is not received before the timeout
-  # elapses the client will resend the request if necessary or fail the request if
-  # retries are exhausted.
-  config :request_timeout_ms, :validate => :string
+  # This backoff applies to all connection attempts by the client to a broker.
+  config :reconnect_backoff_ms, :validate => :number, :default => 50 # Kafka default
+  # The configuration controls the maximum amount of time the client will wait for the response of a request.
+  # If the response is not received before the timeout elapses the client will resend the request if necessary
+  # or fail the request if retries are exhausted.
+  config :request_timeout_ms, :validate => :number, :default => 40_000 # Kafka default
   # The amount of time to wait before attempting to retry a failed fetch request
   # to a given topic partition. This avoids repeated fetching-and-failing in a tight loop.
-  config :retry_backoff_ms, :validate => :string
-  # The size of the TCP send buffer (SO_SNDBUF) to use when sending data
-  config :send_buffer_bytes, :validate => :string
+  config :retry_backoff_ms, :validate => :number, :default => 100 # Kafka default
+  # The size of the TCP send buffer (SO_SNDBUF) to use when sending data.
+  # If the value is -1, the OS default will be used.
+  config :send_buffer_bytes, :validate => :number, :default => 131_072 # (128KB) Kafka default
   # The timeout after which, if the `poll_timeout_ms` is not invoked, the consumer is marked dead
   # and a rebalance operation is triggered for the group identified by `group_id`
-  config :session_timeout_ms, :validate => :string
+  config :session_timeout_ms, :validate => :number, :default => 10_000 # (10s) Kafka default
   # Java Class used to deserialize the record's value
   config :value_deserializer_class, :validate => :string, :default => "org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer"
   # A list of topics to subscribe to, defaults to ["logstash"].
@@ -159,6 +171,11 @@ class LogStash::Inputs::Kafka < LogStash::Inputs::Base
   config :topics_pattern, :validate => :string
   # Time kafka consumer will wait to receive new messages from topics
   config :poll_timeout_ms, :validate => :number, :default => 100
+  # The rack id string to pass to the server when making requests. This is used 
+  # as a selector for a rack, region, or datacenter. Corresponds to the broker.rack parameter
+  # in the broker configuration. 
+  # Only has an effect in combination with brokers with Kafka 2.4+ with the broker.rack setting. Ignored otherwise. 
+  config :client_rack, :validate => :string
   # The truststore type.
   config :ssl_truststore_type, :validate => :string
   # The JKS truststore path to validate the Kafka broker's certificate.
@@ -269,9 +286,7 @@ class LogStash::Inputs::Kafka < LogStash::Inputs::Base
             end
           end
           # Manual offset commit
-          if @enable_auto_commit == "false"
-            consumer.commitSync
-          end
+          consumer.commitSync if @enable_auto_commit.eql?(false)
         end
       rescue org.apache.kafka.common.errors.WakeupException => e
         raise e if !stop?
@@ -287,32 +302,35 @@ class LogStash::Inputs::Kafka < LogStash::Inputs::Base
       props = java.util.Properties.new
       kafka = org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerConfig
 
-      props.put(kafka::AUTO_COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS_CONFIG, auto_commit_interval_ms)
+      props.put(kafka::AUTO_COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS_CONFIG, auto_commit_interval_ms.to_s) unless auto_commit_interval_ms.nil?
       props.put(kafka::AUTO_OFFSET_RESET_CONFIG, auto_offset_reset) unless auto_offset_reset.nil?
       props.put(kafka::BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_CONFIG, bootstrap_servers)
-      props.put(kafka::CHECK_CRCS_CONFIG, check_crcs) unless check_crcs.nil?
+      props.put(kafka::CHECK_CRCS_CONFIG, check_crcs.to_s) unless check_crcs.nil?
+      props.put(kafka::CLIENT_DNS_LOOKUP_CONFIG, client_dns_lookup)
       props.put(kafka::CLIENT_ID_CONFIG, client_id)
-      props.put(kafka::CONNECTIONS_MAX_IDLE_MS_CONFIG, connections_max_idle_ms) unless connections_max_idle_ms.nil?
-      props.put(kafka::ENABLE_AUTO_COMMIT_CONFIG, enable_auto_commit)
+      props.put(kafka::CONNECTIONS_MAX_IDLE_MS_CONFIG, connections_max_idle_ms.to_s) unless connections_max_idle_ms.nil?
+      props.put(kafka::ENABLE_AUTO_COMMIT_CONFIG, enable_auto_commit.to_s)
       props.put(kafka::EXCLUDE_INTERNAL_TOPICS_CONFIG, exclude_internal_topics) unless exclude_internal_topics.nil?
-      props.put(kafka::FETCH_MAX_BYTES_CONFIG, fetch_max_bytes) unless fetch_max_bytes.nil?
-      props.put(kafka::FETCH_MAX_WAIT_MS_CONFIG, fetch_max_wait_ms) unless fetch_max_wait_ms.nil?
-      props.put(kafka::FETCH_MIN_BYTES_CONFIG, fetch_min_bytes) unless fetch_min_bytes.nil?
+      props.put(kafka::FETCH_MAX_BYTES_CONFIG, fetch_max_bytes.to_s) unless fetch_max_bytes.nil?
+      props.put(kafka::FETCH_MAX_WAIT_MS_CONFIG, fetch_max_wait_ms.to_s) unless fetch_max_wait_ms.nil?
+      props.put(kafka::FETCH_MIN_BYTES_CONFIG, fetch_min_bytes.to_s) unless fetch_min_bytes.nil?
       props.put(kafka::GROUP_ID_CONFIG, group_id)
-      props.put(kafka::HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_MS_CONFIG, heartbeat_interval_ms) unless heartbeat_interval_ms.nil?
+      props.put(kafka::HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_MS_CONFIG, heartbeat_interval_ms.to_s) unless heartbeat_interval_ms.nil?
+      props.put(kafka::ISOLATION_LEVEL_CONFIG, isolation_level)
       props.put(kafka::KEY_DESERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG, key_deserializer_class)
-      props.put(kafka::MAX_PARTITION_FETCH_BYTES_CONFIG, max_partition_fetch_bytes) unless max_partition_fetch_bytes.nil?
-      props.put(kafka::MAX_POLL_RECORDS_CONFIG, max_poll_records) unless max_poll_records.nil?
-      props.put(kafka::MAX_POLL_INTERVAL_MS_CONFIG, max_poll_interval_ms) unless max_poll_interval_ms.nil?
-      props.put(kafka::METADATA_MAX_AGE_CONFIG, metadata_max_age_ms) unless metadata_max_age_ms.nil?
-      props.put(kafka::PARTITION_ASSIGNMENT_STRATEGY_CONFIG, partition_assignment_strategy) unless partition_assignment_strategy.nil?
-      props.put(kafka::RECEIVE_BUFFER_CONFIG, receive_buffer_bytes) unless receive_buffer_bytes.nil?
-      props.put(kafka::RECONNECT_BACKOFF_MS_CONFIG, reconnect_backoff_ms) unless reconnect_backoff_ms.nil?
-      props.put(kafka::REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS_CONFIG, request_timeout_ms) unless request_timeout_ms.nil?
-      props.put(kafka::RETRY_BACKOFF_MS_CONFIG, retry_backoff_ms) unless retry_backoff_ms.nil?
-      props.put(kafka::SEND_BUFFER_CONFIG, send_buffer_bytes) unless send_buffer_bytes.nil?
-      props.put(kafka::SESSION_TIMEOUT_MS_CONFIG, session_timeout_ms) unless session_timeout_ms.nil?
+      props.put(kafka::MAX_PARTITION_FETCH_BYTES_CONFIG, max_partition_fetch_bytes.to_s) unless max_partition_fetch_bytes.nil?
+      props.put(kafka::MAX_POLL_RECORDS_CONFIG, max_poll_records.to_s) unless max_poll_records.nil?
+      props.put(kafka::MAX_POLL_INTERVAL_MS_CONFIG, max_poll_interval_ms.to_s) unless max_poll_interval_ms.nil?
+      props.put(kafka::METADATA_MAX_AGE_CONFIG, metadata_max_age_ms.to_s) unless metadata_max_age_ms.nil?
+      props.put(kafka::PARTITION_ASSIGNMENT_STRATEGY_CONFIG, partition_assignment_strategy_class) unless partition_assignment_strategy.nil?
+      props.put(kafka::RECEIVE_BUFFER_CONFIG, receive_buffer_bytes.to_s) unless receive_buffer_bytes.nil?
+      props.put(kafka::RECONNECT_BACKOFF_MS_CONFIG, reconnect_backoff_ms.to_s) unless reconnect_backoff_ms.nil?
+      props.put(kafka::REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS_CONFIG, request_timeout_ms.to_s) unless request_timeout_ms.nil?
+      props.put(kafka::RETRY_BACKOFF_MS_CONFIG, retry_backoff_ms.to_s) unless retry_backoff_ms.nil?
+      props.put(kafka::SEND_BUFFER_CONFIG, send_buffer_bytes.to_s) unless send_buffer_bytes.nil?
+      props.put(kafka::SESSION_TIMEOUT_MS_CONFIG, session_timeout_ms.to_s) unless session_timeout_ms.nil?
       props.put(kafka::VALUE_DESERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG, value_deserializer_class)
+      props.put(kafka::CLIENT_RACK_CONFIG, client_rack) unless client_rack.nil? 
 
       props.put("security.protocol", security_protocol) unless security_protocol.nil?
 
@@ -334,6 +352,24 @@ class LogStash::Inputs::Kafka < LogStash::Inputs::Base
     end
   end
 
+  def partition_assignment_strategy_class
+    case partition_assignment_strategy
+    when 'range'
+      'org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.RangeAssignor'
+    when 'round_robin'
+      'org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.RoundRobinAssignor'
+    when 'sticky'
+      'org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.StickyAssignor'
+    when 'cooperative_sticky'
+      'org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.CooperativeStickyAssignor'
+    else
+      unless partition_assignment_strategy.index('.')
+        raise LogStash::ConfigurationError, "unsupported partition_assignment_strategy: #{partition_assignment_strategy.inspect}"
+      end
+      partition_assignment_strategy # assume a fully qualified class-name
+    end
+  end
+
   def set_trustore_keystore_config(props)
     props.put("ssl.truststore.type", ssl_truststore_type) unless ssl_truststore_type.nil?
     props.put("ssl.truststore.location", ssl_truststore_location) unless ssl_truststore_location.nil?
@@ -348,15 +384,15 @@ class LogStash::Inputs::Kafka < LogStash::Inputs::Base
   end
 
   def set_sasl_config(props)
-    java.lang.System.setProperty("java.security.auth.login.config",jaas_path) unless jaas_path.nil?
-    java.lang.System.setProperty("java.security.krb5.conf",kerberos_config) unless kerberos_config.nil?
+    java.lang.System.setProperty("java.security.auth.login.config", jaas_path) unless jaas_path.nil?
+    java.lang.System.setProperty("java.security.krb5.conf", kerberos_config) unless kerberos_config.nil?
 
-    props.put("sasl.mechanism",sasl_mechanism)
+    props.put("sasl.mechanism", sasl_mechanism)
     if sasl_mechanism == "GSSAPI" && sasl_kerberos_service_name.nil?
       raise LogStash::ConfigurationError, "sasl_kerberos_service_name must be specified when SASL mechanism is GSSAPI"
     end
 
-    props.put("sasl.kerberos.service.name",sasl_kerberos_service_name) unless sasl_kerberos_service_name.nil?
+    props.put("sasl.kerberos.service.name", sasl_kerberos_service_name) unless sasl_kerberos_service_name.nil?
     props.put("sasl.jaas.config", sasl_jaas_config) unless sasl_jaas_config.nil?
   end
 end #class LogStash::Inputs::Kafka