Hi @Ani1991 , Suspecting Kerberos related parameters are incorrectly configured in the Kafka service repo in Ranger. Can you please try the below solution :     -- Ranager Admin UI > edit kafka service repo cm_kafka > Add configs in "Add New Configurations" -- Add below configs. (Change the config accordingly) for protocol   bootstrap.servers <kafkaBroker>:Port security.protocol SASL_PLAINTEXT sasl.mechanism GSSAPI kafka.keytab <keytab> kafka.principal <prinicipal>   This config needs a kafka keytab  path , copy kafka keytab to ranger admin host with ranger:ranger permissions set. ... View more