Update security settings of a Amazon MSK cluster
Use this Amazon MSK operation to update the authentication and client-broker encryption settings of your MSK cluster. You can also update the Private Security Authority used to sign certificates for mutual TLS authentication. You can't change the in-cluster (broker-to-broker) encryption setting.
The cluster must be in the ACTIVE state for you to update its security
settings.
If you turn on authentication using IAM, SASL, or TLS, you must also turn on encryption between clients and brokers. The following table shows the possible combinations.
| Authentication | Client-broker encryption options | Broker-broker encryption |
|---|---|---|
| Unauthenticated | TLS, PLAINTEXT, TLS_PLAINTEXT | Can be on or off. |
| mTLS | TLS, TLS_PLAINTEXT | Must be on. |
| SASL/SCRAM | TLS | Must be on. |
| SASL/IAM | TLS | Must be on. |
When client-broker encryption is set to TLS_PLAINTEXT and
client-authentication is set to mTLS, Amazon MSK creates two types of listeners
for clients to connect to: one listener for clients to connect using mTLS authentication
with TLS Encryption, and another for clients to connect without authentication or
encryption (plaintext).
For more information about security settings, see Security in Amazon MSK.
