fixes for https://github.com/topcoder-platform/topcoder-x-ui/issues/21

config/default.js

@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ module.exports = {
   LOG_LEVEL: process.env.LOG_LEVEL || 'info',
   TOPIC: process.env.TOPIC || 'tc-x-events',
   KAFKA_OPTIONS: {
-    kafkaHost: process.env.KAFKA_HOST || 'localhost:9092',
-    sslOptions: {
+    connectionString: process.env.KAFKA_HOST || 'localhost:9092',
+    ssl: {
       cert: process.env.KAFKA_CLIENT_CERT || fs.readFileSync('./kafka_client.cer'), // eslint-disable-line no-sync
       key: process.env.KAFKA_CLIENT_CERT_KEY || fs.readFileSync('./kafka_client.key') // eslint-disable-line no-sync
     }

configuration.md

@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ The following config parameters are supported, they are defined in `config/defau
 |KAFKA_CLIENT_CERT | The Kafka SSL certificate to use when connecting| Read from kafka_client.cer file, but this can be set as a string like it is on Heroku |
 |KAFKA_CLIENT_CERT_KEY | The Kafka SSL certificate key to use when connecting| Read from kafka_client.key file, but this can be set as a string like it is on Heroku|
 
-KAFKA_OPTIONS should be object as described in https://github.com/SOHU-Co/kafka-node#kafkaclient
+KAFKA_OPTIONS should be object as described in https://github.com/oleksiyk/kafka#ssl
 For using with SSL, the options should be as
 ```
  {
-    kafkaHost: '<server>',
-    sslOptions: {
-      cert: '<certificate>',
+    connectionString: '<server>',
+    ssl: {
+      cert: '<certificate>', 
       key:  '<key>'
     }
  }