# Configure Confluent Platform Components to Communicate with MDS over TLS This topic describes the Kafka client configuration for Confluent Platform components to communicate with MDS over TLS. These files can be found in your Confluent Platform install server directory in the following locations: | Component | Properties file to update | |--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------| | Schema Registry | `/etc/schema-registry/schema-registry.properties` | | ksqlDB | `/etc/ksqldb/ksql-server.properties` | | Connect | `/etc/kafka/connect-distributed.properties` | | Confluent Control Center | `/etc/confluent-control-center/control-center.properties` | | REST Proxy | `/etc/kafka-rest/kafka-rest.properties` | Specify the following Kafka client configuration for your component. Any content in brackets (`<>`) must be customized for your environment. ```text confluent.metadata.bootstrap.server.urls=https://:8090,https://:8090,... confluent.metadata.http.auth.credentials.provider=BASIC confluent.metadata.basic.auth.user.info=: confluent.metadata.ssl.truststore.location= confluent.metadata.ssl.truststore.password= confluent.metadata.ssl.keystore.location= confluent.metadata.ssl.keystore.password= confluent.metadata.ssl.key.password= confluent.metadata.ssl.endpoint.identification.algorithm=HTTPS ``` See also: - [HTTPS Configuration Options](mds-configuration.md#https-configs-for-ssl) - [Metadata Service Configuration Settings](mds-configuration.md#mds-configuration-options) - [Use TLS Authentication in Confluent Platform](../../security/authentication/mutual-tls/overview.md#kafka-ssl-authentication)