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## Requirements
1. Kafka version 1.0.0 and above.
2. Java 8 and above.
3. A Splunk environment of version 6.5 and above, configured with valid HTTP Event Collector (HEC) tokens.
3. A Splunk environment of version 7.1 and above, configured with valid HTTP Event Collector (HEC) tokens.

* HEC token settings should be the same on all Splunk Indexers and Heavy Forwarders in your environment.
* Task configuration parameters will vary depending on acknowledgement setting (See the [Configuration](#configuration) section for details).

Note: HEC Acknowledgement prevents potential data loss but may slow down event ingestion.

###Supported technologies

Splunk Connect for Kafka lets you subscribe to a Kafka topic and stream the data to the Splunk HTTP event collector on the following technologies:

* Apache Kafka
* Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK)
* Confluent Platform

## Build

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