Kafka exporter - SASL Authentication

[notanops]

Hi,

Currently, keystore/truststore is the only authentication method for the kafka exporter. Many providers use SASL (password based authentication with TLS/SSL encryption).

Can you please add to the roadmap SASL/PLAIN auth for kafka exporter ?

Ty ! 👋

[Zwiterrion]

• [x] support PLAINTEXT
• [x] support SASL_PLAINTEXT
  • [x] support mechanisms:
    • [x] PLAIN
    • [x] SCRAM-SHA-256
    • [x] SCRAM-SHA-512
• [x] support SASL_SSL
  • [x] support mechanisms:
    • [ ] ~GSSAPI (Kerberos)~
    • [x] PLAIN
    • [x] SCRAM-SHA-256
    • [x] SCRAM-SHA-512
• [x] support SSL with keystore/truststore
• [x] add try it component to check the connection with kafka without needs to wait the first publication
• [x] documentation + examples

[Zwiterrion]

#1231