ACL with option --topic * (wildcard for all topics) is not working

[Jon Guerin]

Adding an acl with the  --topic * (wildcard for all topics) is not working.  I have to specify the exact name of all topics, and then it works.

[gerard...@dizzit.com]

In my experience, leaving out the topic does the job. At least with the hosts I had a similar problem. If it defaults to * it works, if I give * as topic value it failed to work as intended. I assume it is because of some escape character gets added somewhere. In my case I solved it by not setting the hosts at all when there where none given (we use a docker container to set the acl).

[Jon Guerin]

In the current version, the topic is a required option.  Leaving it out gives the error message "You must provide at least one resource: --topic <topic> or --cluster or --group <group>"

Jon

[gerard...@dizzit.com]

If possible you can check what end up in zookeeper for the value, I assume you have to escape the * some way.

[Jon Guerin]

I'm running the following command . . .

bin/kafka-acls --authorizer-properties zookeeper.connect=localhost:2181 --add --operation All --allow-principal User:ANONYMOUS  --topic *

It tells me it adds to the topic bin

[Ronak Patel]

Were you able to figure out how to do this?