kafka_producer.pl [options] [file...]
The script reads messages from the files or stdin and publishes them to Kafka. Each line is considered as a separate message and may contain also a key separated by TAB.
topic into which produce messages
comma separated list of brokers. For example: broker1.mydomain:9092,broker2.mydomain:9092.
path to CA certificate. If not specified then plaintext protocol is used to connect to broker.
username and password for authentication if required
print additional debugging information