Release Notes for Splunk Connect for Kafka

About this release

Version 1.1.1 of Splunk Connect for Kafka is compatible with the following software and platforms:

Splunk platform versions	6.5 and later
Platforms	Platform independent
Vendor products	Kafka Connect

New features

Version 1.1.1 of Splunk Connect for Kafka contains the following new features:

• HTTP Event Collector (HEC) backoff threshold is now configureable, previously pinned to 60 seconds for HEC servers to become available after failure.
• Event batches now have a UUID and retry counts for batches now display as a warning.
• Added kafka_connect_host metadata. When using splunk.hec.track.data, the Kafka Connect server hostname will be indexed by the Splunk software.
• Fixed issue when using Kafka Header functionality setting splunk.header.custom, where a comma separated list could not contain a space preceding a comma.
• Update to 3rd party packages bundled with project.

Fixed issues

Version 1.1.1 of Splunk Connect for Kafka contains the following fixed issues.

Date resolved	Issue number	Description
2019-05-03	INGEST-6610	General Improvements to Kafka Connector - adding kafka_connect_host metadata field
2019-05-03	INGEST-9177	Add WARNING logging each time a batch of events is resent due to no ACK being received
2019-05-03	INGEST-10187	Fixed issue with splunk.header.custom not accepted lists with "a, b" would only accept "a,b"

Known issues

Version 1.1.1 of Splunk Connect for Kafka contains no known issues.