# Logstash Kafka SASL\_PLAIN input plugin config
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-kafka-sasl-plain-input-plugin-config/303107
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [April 24, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-kafka-sasl-plain-input-plugin-config/303107 "2022-04-24T22:04:49Z")
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### Author:  [@Prateek\_Tiwari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Prateek_Tiwari)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-kafka-sasl-plain-input-plugin-config/303107/1 "2022-04-24T22:04:49Z")
Hi,
I have been trying to connect logstash to my remote kafka instance, which has SASL\_PLAIN authentication method, but still not able establish the connection and getting the following error :
org.apache.kafka.clients.NetworkClient][main] Bootstrap broker HOST:PORT (id: -1 rack: null) disconnected.
What is the right config of logstash input for connecting to remote kafka, which is of SASL\_PLAIN authentication. I've gone through the documentation and didn't found any thing around this config.
I'm using logstash of version 7.17
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-kafka-sasl-plain-input-plugin-config/303107/2 "2022-05-22T22:05:42Z")
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