}
	return nil
}

// Name returns the name of the target
func (h *Target) Name() string {
	return "minio-kafka-audit"
}

// Endpoint - return kafka target
func (h *Target) Endpoint() string {
	return "kafka"
}

// String - kafka string
func (h *Target) String() string {
	return "kafka"
}

// Stats returns the target statistics.
func (h *Target) Stats() types.TargetStats {
	h.logChMu.RLock()

}

// send - sends an event to the kafka.
func (target *KafkaTarget) send(eventData event.Event) error {
	if target.producer == nil {
		return store.ErrNotConnected
	}
	msg, err := target.toProducerMessage(eventData)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	_, _, err = target.producer.SendMessage(msg)
	return err
}

// sendMultiple sends multiple messages to the kafka.

  },
  "accessKey": "minioadmin"
}
```

### Kafka Target

Assuming that you already have Apache Kafka configured and running.

```
mc admin config set myminio/ audit_kafka
KEY:
audit_kafka[:name]  send audit logs to kafka endpoints

ARGS:
brokers*         (csv)       comma separated list of Kafka broker addresses
topic            (string)    Kafka topic used for bucket notifications

	AuditKafka   map[string]kafka.Config `json:"audit_kafka"`
}

// NewConfig - initialize new logger config.
func NewConfig() Config {
	cfg := Config{
		// Console logging is on by default
		Console: Console{
			Enabled: true,
		},
		HTTP:         make(map[string]http.Config),
		AuditWebhook: make(map[string]http.Config),
		AuditKafka:   make(map[string]kafka.Config),
	}

	return cfg
}

		},
	}

	HelpKafka = config.HelpKVS{
		config.HelpKV{
			Key:         target.KafkaBrokers,
			Description: "comma separated list of Kafka broker addresses",
			Type:        "csv",
		},
		config.HelpKV{
			Key:         target.KafkaTopic,
			Description: "Kafka topic used for bucket notifications",
			Optional:    true,
			Type:        "string",
		},
		config.HelpKV{

			Description:     "send audit logs to webhook endpoints",
			MultipleTargets: true,
		},
		config.HelpKV{
			Key:             config.AuditKafkaSubSys,
			Description:     "send audit logs to kafka endpoints",
			MultipleTargets: true,
		},
		config.HelpKV{
			Key:             config.NotifyWebhookSubSys,
			Description:     "publish bucket notifications to webhook endpoints",
			MultipleTargets: true,
		},

			if err := config.CheckValidKeys(subSysTarget, kv, validKVS); err != nil {
				return err
			}
		}
	}
	return nil
}

// DefaultKafkaKVS - default KV for kafka target
var (
	DefaultKafkaKVS = config.KVS{
		config.KV{
			Key:   config.Enable,
			Value: config.EnableOff,
		},
		config.KV{
			Key:   target.KafkaTopic,
			Value: "",
		},
		config.KV{

```
notify_webhook        publish bucket notifications to webhook endpoints
notify_amqp           publish bucket notifications to AMQP endpoints
notify_kafka          publish bucket notifications to Kafka endpoints
notify_mqtt           publish bucket notifications to MQTT endpoints
notify_nats           publish bucket notifications to NATS endpoints
notify_nsq            publish bucket notifications to NSQ endpoints