Is actually possible to use standalone users operator with AWS MSK?

[leunamnauj]

I'm testing out standalone operators with MSK (scram-sha-512 auth).
Topics op is working fine but sadly is not the case with user op. I've found some posts on this discussions saying that STRIMZI_KAFKA_ADMIN_CLIENT_CONFIGURATION env var have to be used for SASL but I couldnt found any example about how to do it.
On the other hand, I also found this that pretty much states that is not possible to be used.

Has anyone succeeded on this?
Thanks in advance

[scholzj]

On the other hand, I also found this that pretty much states that is not possible to be used.

That is quite old (The User Operator was completely rewritten in Strimzi 0.33). And I do not think it says that it was not possible at that time. It just says that there is no official effort or testing done to specifically support it.

[leunamnauj]

Thanks @scholzj for your quick response.
Therefore, is not possible (for the moment) to use scram users on standalone users operator?

[scholzj]

I don't know, sorry. I personally based on my knowledge of the code think it should be possible using the STRIMZI_KAFKA_ADMIN_CLIENT_CONFIGURATION variable. But we never tried it, it was never designed specifically for that use-case, and there is no testing for such use-case being part of our code base. That does not mean it is not possible. I'm not entirely sure if other users figured it out or not. I was really just trying to reiterate the previous comment you linked to.

[leunamnauj]

Thanks a lot