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# Kafka-sasl-plaintext-endpoint

> Kafka-sasl-plaintext-endpoint reference documentation for the Rasa Platform.

```yaml title="endpoints.yml" theme={null}
event_broker:
  type: kafka
  security_protocol: SASL_PLAINTEXT # specifies that credentials will not be communicated over encryption
  topic: topic
  url: localhost
  sasl_username: username
  sasl_password: password
  sasl_mechanism: PLAIN # specifies that username/password will not be protected with additional protection mechanisms
```


## Related topics

- [Kafka-sasl-plaintext-env-vars](/docs/reference/integrations/analytics-event-broker-config/kafka-sasl-plaintext-env-vars.md)
- [Kafka-plaintext-endpoint](/docs/reference/integrations/event-brokers-config/kafka-plaintext-endpoint.md)
- [Kafka-sasl-ssl-endpoint](/docs/reference/integrations/event-brokers-config/kafka-sasl-ssl-endpoint.md)
- [Event Brokers](/docs/reference/integrations/event-brokers.md)
- [Kafka-plaintext-env-vars](/docs/reference/integrations/analytics-event-broker-config/kafka-plaintext-env-vars.md)