sasl_username    (string)    username for SASL/PLAIN or SASL/SCRAM authentication
sasl_password    (string)    password for SASL/PLAIN or SASL/SCRAM authentication
sasl_mechanism   (string)    sasl authentication mechanism, default 'plain'
tls_client_auth  (string)    clientAuth determines the Kafka server's policy for TLS client auth
sasl             (on|off)    set to 'on' to enable SASL authentication

func initScramClient(args KafkaArgs, config *sarama.Config) {
	switch strings.ToLower(args.SASL.Mechanism) {
	case "sha512":
		config.Net.SASL.SCRAMClientGeneratorFunc = func() sarama.SCRAMClient { return &XDGSCRAMClient{HashGeneratorFcn: KafkaSHA512} }
		config.Net.SASL.Mechanism = sarama.SASLMechanism(sarama.SASLTypeSCRAMSHA512)
	case "sha256":

)

func initScramClient(cfg Config, config *sarama.Config) {
	switch strings.ToLower(cfg.SASL.Mechanism) {
	case "sha512":
		config.Net.SASL.SCRAMClientGeneratorFunc = func() sarama.SCRAMClient { return &XDGSCRAMClient{HashGeneratorFcn: KafkaSHA512} }
		config.Net.SASL.Mechanism = sarama.SASLMechanism(sarama.SASLTypeSCRAMSHA512)
	case "sha256":

			return err
		}
		config.Version = kafkaVersion
	}

	config.Net.KeepAlive = 60 * time.Second
	config.Net.SASL.User = args.SASL.User
	config.Net.SASL.Password = args.SASL.Password
	initScramClient(args, config) // initializes configured scram client.
	config.Net.SASL.Enable = args.SASL.Enable

	tlsConfig, err := saramatls.NewConfig(args.TLS.ClientTLSCert, args.TLS.ClientTLSKey)
	if err != nil {

		},
		config.HelpKV{
			Key:         KafkaSASLUsername,
			Description: "username for SASL/PLAIN or SASL/SCRAM authentication",
			Optional:    true,
			Type:        "string",
			Sensitive:   true,
		},
		config.HelpKV{
			Key:         KafkaSASLPassword,
			Description: "password for SASL/PLAIN or SASL/SCRAM authentication",
			Optional:    true,
			Type:        "string",
			Sensitive:   true,

			return err
		}
		sconfig.Version = kafkaVersion
	}

	sconfig.Net.KeepAlive = 60 * time.Second
	sconfig.Net.SASL.User = h.kconfig.SASL.User
	sconfig.Net.SASL.Password = h.kconfig.SASL.Password
	initScramClient(h.kconfig, sconfig) // initializes configured scram client.
	sconfig.Net.SASL.Enable = h.kconfig.SASL.Enable

	tlsConfig, err := saramatls.NewConfig(h.kconfig.TLS.ClientTLSCert, h.kconfig.TLS.ClientTLSKey)
	if err != nil {

		kafkaArgs.SASL.Enable = getCfgVal(EnvKafkaSASLEnable, k, kv.Get(KafkaSASL)) == config.EnableOn
		kafkaArgs.SASL.User = getCfgVal(EnvKafkaSASLUsername, k, kv.Get(KafkaSASLUsername))
		kafkaArgs.SASL.Password = getCfgVal(EnvKafkaSASLPassword, k, kv.Get(KafkaSASLPassword))
		kafkaArgs.SASL.Mechanism = getCfgVal(EnvKafkaSASLMechanism, k, kv.Get(KafkaSASLMechanism))

		},
		config.HelpKV{
			Key:         target.KafkaSASLUsername,
			Description: "username for SASL/PLAIN or SASL/SCRAM authentication",
			Optional:    true,
			Type:        "string",
			Sensitive:   true,
		},
		config.HelpKV{
			Key:         target.KafkaSASLPassword,
			Description: "password for SASL/PLAIN or SASL/SCRAM authentication",
			Optional:    true,
			Type:        "string",
			Sensitive:   true,

sasl_username    (string)    username for SASL/PLAIN or SASL/SCRAM authentication
sasl_password    (string)    password for SASL/PLAIN or SASL/SCRAM authentication
sasl_mechanism   (string)    sasl authentication mechanism, default 'PLAIN'
tls_client_auth  (string)    clientAuth determines the Kafka server's policy for TLS client auth
sasl             (on|off)    set to 'on' to enable SASL authentication

			Value: strconv.Itoa(int(cfg.TLS.ClientAuth)),
		},
		config.KV{
			Key:   target.KafkaSASL,
			Value: config.FormatBool(cfg.SASL.Enable),
		},
		config.KV{
			Key:   target.KafkaSASLUsername,
			Value: cfg.SASL.User,
		},
		config.KV{
			Key:   target.KafkaSASLPassword,
			Value: cfg.SASL.Password,
		},
		config.KV{
			Key:   target.KafkaCompressionCodec,
			Value: cfg.Producer.Compression,
		},
		config.KV{