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      • Confluent Control Center Security
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  • Resources
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Metadata Service (MDS)¶

  • Configure Metadata Service (MDS)
  • Metadata Service Configuration Options
  • Configure LDAP Authentication
  • Configure LDAP Group-Based Authorization for MDS
  • Configure Kerberos Authentication for Brokers Running MDS
  • Configure MDS to Manage Centralized Audit Logs
  • Configure mTLS Authentication and RBAC for Kafka Brokers

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