The Kafka Event Listener plugin currently does not support SCRAM authentication (e.g., SCRAM-SHA-256 or SCRAM-SHA-512). This limits its integration with Kafka clusters that enforce secure authentication mechanisms.

Feature request:

Add support for Kafka SCRAM authentication by exposing configuration options such as:

• sasl.mechanism
• security.protocol
• sasl.jaas.config

This would enable Trino to securely publish events to Kafka topics in environments that require SCRAM authentication, significantly improving the plugin's usability in production-grade secured clusters.

Use case:

Many enterprise Kafka deployments enforce SCRAM authentication for enhanced security. Supporting this mechanism would allow broader adoption of the Kafka Event Listener plugin in such environments.