This section describes how to access a Kafka instance using Go 1.16.5 on the Linux CentOS, how to obtain the demo code, and how to produce and consume messages.

Before getting started, ensure that you have collected the information listed in Collecting Connection Information.

Preparing the Environment

Run the following command to check whether Go has been installed:
```
go version
```
If the following information is displayed, Go has been installed.
```
[root@ecs-test sarama]# go version
go version go1.16.5 linux/amd64
```
If Go is not installed, download and install it.
Run the following command to obtain the code used in the demo:
```
go get github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-go/kafka
```

Producing Messages

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With SASL

package main

import (
	"bufio"
	"fmt"
	"github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-go/kafka"
	"log"
	"os"
	"os/signal"
	"syscall"
)

var (
    brokers  = "ip1:port1,ip2:port2,ip3:port3"
	topics   = "topic_name"
	user     = "username"
	password = "password"
	caFile   = "phy_ca.crt"     //Certificate file. For details about how to obtain an SSL certificate, see section "Collecting Connection Information."
)

func main() {
	log.Println("Starting a new kafka producer")

	config := &kafka.ConfigMap{
		"bootstrap.servers": brokers,
		"security.protocol": "SASL_SSL",
		"sasl.mechanism":    "PLAIN",
		"sasl.username":     user,
		"sasl.password":     password,
		"ssl.ca.location":   caFile,
	}
	producer, err := kafka.NewProducer(config)
	if err != nil {
		log.Panicf("producer error, err: %v", err)
		return
	}

	go func() {
		for e := range producer.Events() {
			switch ev := e.(type) {
			case *kafka.Message:
				if ev.TopicPartition.Error != nil {
					log.Printf("Delivery failed: %v\n", ev.TopicPartition)
				} else {
					log.Printf("Delivered message to %v\n", ev.TopicPartition)
				}
			}
		}
	}()

	// Produce messages to topic (asynchronously)
	fmt.Println("please enter message:")
	go func() {
		for {
			err := producer.Produce(&kafka.Message{
				TopicPartition: kafka.TopicPartition{Topic: &topics, Partition: kafka.PartitionAny},
				Value:          GetInput(),
			}, nil)
			if err != nil {
				log.Panicf("send message fail, err: %v", err)
				return
			}
		}
	}()

	sigterm := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
	signal.Notify(sigterm, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
	select {
	case <-sigterm:
		log.Println("terminating: via signal")
	}
	// Wait for message deliveries before shutting down
	producer.Flush(15 * 1000)
	producer.Close()
}

func GetInput() []byte {
	reader := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
	data, _, _ := reader.ReadLine()
	return data
}

Without SASL

package main

import (
	"bufio"
	"fmt"
	"github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-go/kafka"
	"log"
	"os"
	"os/signal"
	"syscall"
)

var (
	brokers  = "ip1:port1,ip2:port2,ip3:port3"
	topics   = "topic_name"
)

func main() {
	log.Println("Starting a new kafka producer")

	config := &kafka.ConfigMap{
		"bootstrap.servers": brokers,
	}
	producer, err := kafka.NewProducer(config)
	if err != nil {
		log.Panicf("producer error, err: %v", err)
		return
	}

	go func() {
		for e := range producer.Events() {
			switch ev := e.(type) {
			case *kafka.Message:
				if ev.TopicPartition.Error != nil {
					log.Printf("Delivery failed: %v\n", ev.TopicPartition)
				} else {
					log.Printf("Delivered message to %v\n", ev.TopicPartition)
				}
			}
		}
	}()

	// Produce messages to topic (asynchronously)
	fmt.Println("please enter message:")
	go func() {
		for {
			err := producer.Produce(&kafka.Message{
				TopicPartition: kafka.TopicPartition{Topic: &topics, Partition: kafka.PartitionAny},
				Value:          GetInput(),
			}, nil)
			if err != nil {
				log.Panicf("send message fail, err: %v", err)
				return
			}
		}
	}()

	sigterm := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
	signal.Notify(sigterm, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
	select {
	case <-sigterm:
		log.Println("terminating: via signal")
	}
	// Wait for message deliveries before shutting down
	producer.Flush(15 * 1000)
	producer.Close()
}

func GetInput() []byte {
	reader := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
	data, _, _ := reader.ReadLine()
	return data
}

Consuming Messages

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With SASL

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-go/kafka"
	"log"
	"os"
	"os/signal"
	"syscall"
)

var (
	brokers  = "ip1:port1,ip2:port2,ip3:port3"
	group    = "group-id"
	topics   = "topic_name"
	user     = "username"
	password = "password"
	caFile   = "phy_ca.crt"     //Certificate file. For details about how to obtain an SSL certificate, see section "Collecting Connection Information."
)

func main() {
	log.Println("Starting a new kafka consumer")

	config := &kafka.ConfigMap{
		"bootstrap.servers": brokers,
		"group.id":          group,
		"auto.offset.reset": "earliest",
		"security.protocol": "SASL_SSL",
		"sasl.mechanism":    "PLAIN",
		"sasl.username":     user,
		"sasl.password":     password,
		"ssl.ca.location":   caFile,
	}

	consumer, err := kafka.NewConsumer(config)
	if err != nil {
		log.Panicf("Error creating consumer: %v", err)
		return
	}

	err = consumer.SubscribeTopics([]string{topics}, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Panicf("Error subscribe consumer: %v", err)
		return
	}

	go func() {
		for {
			msg, err := consumer.ReadMessage(-1)
			if err != nil {
				log.Printf("Consumer error: %v (%v)", err, msg)
			} else {
				fmt.Printf("Message on %s: %s\n", msg.TopicPartition, string(msg.Value))
			}
		}
	}()

	sigterm := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
	signal.Notify(sigterm, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
	select {
	case <-sigterm:
		log.Println("terminating: via signal")
	}
	if err = consumer.Close(); err != nil {
		log.Panicf("Error closing consumer: %v", err)
	}
}

Without SASL

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-go/kafka"
	"log"
	"os"
	"os/signal"
	"syscall"
)

var (
	brokers  = "ip1:port1,ip2:port2,ip3:port3"
	group    = "group-id"
	topics   = "topic_name"
)

func main() {
	log.Println("Starting a new kafka consumer")

	config := &kafka.ConfigMap{
		"bootstrap.servers": brokers,
		"group.id":          group,
		"auto.offset.reset": "earliest",
	}

	consumer, err := kafka.NewConsumer(config)
	if err != nil {
		log.Panicf("Error creating consumer: %v", err)
		return
	}

	err = consumer.SubscribeTopics([]string{topics}, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Panicf("Error subscribe consumer: %v", err)
		return
	}

	go func() {
		for {
			msg, err := consumer.ReadMessage(-1)
			if err != nil {
				log.Printf("Consumer error: %v (%v)", err, msg)
			} else {
				fmt.Printf("Message on %s: %s\n", msg.TopicPartition, string(msg.Value))
			}
		}
	}()

	sigterm := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
	signal.Notify(sigterm, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
	select {
	case <-sigterm:
		log.Println("terminating: via signal")
	}
	if err = consumer.Close(); err != nil {
		log.Panicf("Error closing consumer: %v", err)
	}
}