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Status Future consideration
Workspace IBM Event Automation
Categories Event Endpoint Management
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 9, 2026

RELATED IDEAS

Add native support for HTTP/REST ingestion (POST to Topic) directly within the EEM Gateway with built-in mTLS and Basic Authentication.

Why is it useful? Currently, EEM manages Kafka traffic natively but requires a separate, unmanaged "Kafka Bridge" deployment to handle HTTP producers. This creates two critical gaps for enterprise customers:

  1. The Encryption Gap: The Kafka Bridge does not support TLS on its HTTP listener, forcing customers to run unencrypted traffic inside their cluster or deploy complex Service Meshes.
  2. The Identity Gap: There is no "Credential Mirroring." Customers must manage duplicate secrets (one for the network ingress to validate the user, and one for the Bridge to talk to EEM), breaking the self-service model.

Who would benefit? Financial services and high-security customers (like Banking/Insurance) who require "Zero Trust" (end-to-end encryption) and have 3rd-party partners who require REST/HTTP.

How should it work? The EventGateway component should natively expose an HTTPS listener that accepts POST /topics/{name} requests. It should:

Terminate mTLS directly (using the existing Gateway certs).

Validate the Authorization: Basic header directly against the EEM Identity Manager (just like it validates SASL for Kafka clients).

Eliminate the need for an intermediate proxy (Nginx/DataPower) just to perform protocol translation.

Idea priority High

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