return nil, config.Errorf("kafka 'brokers' cannot be empty")
		}
		for _, s := range strings.Split(kafkaBrokers, config.ValueSeparator) {
			var host *xnet.Host
			host, err = xnet.ParseHost(s)
			if err != nil {
				break
			}
			brokers = append(brokers, *host)
		}
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}

		queueLimitEnv := target.EnvKafkaQueueLimit
		if k != config.Default {