Unsupported value "sasl_ssl" for configuration property "security.protocol": OpenSSL not available at build time

[sojinantony01]

Environment Information

• OS [e.g. Mac, Arch, Windows 10]: Sequoia MacOS 15.1
• Node Version [e.g. 8.2.1]: 18
• NPM Version [e.g. 5.4.2]: 10.5.0
• C++ Toolchain [e.g. Visual Studio, llvm, g++]:
• node-rdkafka version [e.g. 2.3.3]: 3.2.1

Steps to Reproduce
Setup Node JS - node-rdkafka env for kafka consumer in mac OS 15
Run consumer having below configurations

Error message:
Unsupported value "sasl_ssl" for configuration property "security.protocol": OpenSSL not available at build time

node-rdkafka Configuration Settings
'metadata.broker.list': ['localhost:9004'],
'security.protocol': 'sasl_ssl',
'ssl.ca.location': '',
'sasl.mechanism': 'PLAIN',
'sasl.username': "",
'sasl.password': "",
'client.id': "myclient",
'group.id': "mygroup"

Additional context
Unsupported value "sasl_ssl" for configuration property "security.protocol": OpenSSL not available at build time

[sojinantony01]

Resolved it by adding new openssl path

export CPPFLAGS=-I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/openssl@3/3.4.0/include
export LDFLAGS=-L/opt/homebrew/Cellar/openssl@3/3.4.0/lib

And created a readme update PR: #1112

[bliu13]

Resolved it by adding new openssl path

export CPPFLAGS=-I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/openssl@3/3.4.0/include
export LDFLAGS=-L/opt/homebrew/Cellar/openssl@3/3.4.0/lib

And created a readme update PR: #1112

You can also try Confluent's Javascript Kafka library as an alternative option. The API is backwards compatible.