Forward to Virtual Cluster: Forward via SNI routing - Policy

Forward via SNI routing

Use SNI routing to forward messages from a Kafka client to a virtual cluster.

Example hostnames generated with this configuration:

bootstrap.my-virtual-cluster.example.mycompany.com
broker-1.my-virtual-cluster.example.mycompany.com

Set up the policy

curl -X POST https://{region}.api.konghq.com/v1/event-gateways/{eventGatewayId}/listeners/{eventGatewayListenerId}/policies \
    --header "accept: application/json" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer $KONNECT_TOKEN" \
    --data '
    {
      "name": "forward",
      "type": "forward_to_virtual_cluster",
      "config": {
        "type": "sni",
        "sni_suffix": ".example.mycompany.com",
        "advertised_port": 19095,
        "broker_host_format": "per_cluster_suffix"
      }
    }
    '

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Make sure to replace the following placeholders with your own values:

region: Geographic region where your Kong Konnect is hosted and operates.
KONNECT_TOKEN: Your Personal Access Token (PAT) associated with your Konnect account.
virtualClusterId: The id of the Virtual Cluster.
eventGatewayId: The id of the Event Gateway.
eventGatewayListenerId: The id of the Event Gateway Listener.

See the Konnect Event Gateway API reference to learn about region-specific URLs and personal access tokens.

Prerequisite: Configure your Personal Access Token

terraform {
  required_providers {
    konnect-beta = {
      source  = "kong/konnect-beta"
    }
  }
}

provider "konnect-beta" {
  personal_access_token = "$KONNECT_TOKEN"
  server_url            = "https://us.api.konghq.com/"
}

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resource "konnect_event_gateway_listener_policy_forward_to_virtual_cluster" "my_listener_policy_forward_to_virtual_cluster" {
  provider = konnect-beta
  type = "forward_to_virtual_cluster"
  config = {
    type = "sni"
    sni_suffix = ".example.mycompany.com"
    advertised_port = 19095
    broker_host_format = "per_cluster_suffix"
  }


  event_gateway_listener_id = konnect_event_gateway_listener.my_listener.id

  gateway_id = konnect_event_gateway.my_event_gateway.id
}

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Forward to Virtual Cluster

Forward via SNI routing

Set up the policy

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