[EDA] Running a Local Kafka Cluster with SASL SCRAM Authentication (Docker Compose)

E2E testing is critical for validating production-ready applications. But how do you simulate a secure Kafka environment locally—especially with SASL authentication? This post demonstrates how to spin up a Kafka cluster with both SCRAM-SHA-256 and SCRAM-SHA-512 using Docker Compose.

March 28, 2025 · 6 min · 1257 words · dingyu