} else {
		atomic.StoreInt32(&h.status, statusOnline)
	}
	return err
}

// Init initialize kafka target
func (h *Target) init() error {
	if os.Getenv("_MINIO_KAFKA_DEBUG") != "" {
		sarama.DebugLogger = log.Default()
	}

	sconfig := sarama.NewConfig()
	if h.kconfig.Version != "" {
		kafkaVersion, err := sarama.ParseKafkaVersion(h.kconfig.Version)
		if err != nil {