config.Net.TLS.Config.InsecureSkipVerify = args.TLS.SkipVerify
	config.Net.TLS.Config.ClientAuth = args.TLS.ClientAuth
	config.Net.TLS.Config.RootCAs = args.TLS.RootCAs

	// These settings are needed to ensure that kafka client doesn't hang on brokers
	// refer https://github.com/IBM/sarama/issues/765#issuecomment-254333355
	config.Producer.Retry.Max = 2
	config.Producer.Retry.Backoff = (1 * time.Second)

	h.storeCtxCancel = cancel
	store.StreamItems(h.store, h, ctx.Done(), h.kconfig.LogOnce)
	return
}

func (h *Target) startKafkaLogger() {
	h.logChMu.RLock()
	logCh := h.logCh
	if logCh != nil {
		// We are not allowed to add when logCh is nil
		h.wg.Add(1)
		defer h.wg.Done()

	}
	h.logChMu.RUnlock()

	if logCh == nil {
		return
	}

	// Create a routine which sends json logs received