The kafka.json file, in the conf directory of the default install directory on the Windows/Linux system holds the configuration for communicating with Kafka.
The "tls" field must be set to true.
A path to the PKCS12 formatted keystore should be set in the "keystore" field.
The password to the keystore file should be set in the "keystore_password" field.
{
"brokers": "localhost:9092,foo.example.com:9000" "topic": "Topicname",
"tls": true,
"keystore": "C:\kafka.client.keystore.jks", "keystore_password": "test1234"
}