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  1. What is the purpose of the Consumer Group setting when configuring a Kafka source in Cribl?

    Answer: Allow multiple Cribl workers to coordinate topic consumption without duplicate reads

    The consumer group setting allows Cribl worker processes to coordinate so each Kafka partition is consumed by only one worker, preventing duplicate event processing.

  2. Which authentication method does the Azure Event Hub source in Cribl use to connect to the event stream?

    Answer: Shared Access Signature (SAS) connection string

    The Azure Event Hub source uses a Shared Access Signature (SAS) connection string to authenticate with Azure Event Hub.

  3. What happens to events at a Cribl source when the downstream pipeline or destination cannot keep up with the ingestion rate?

    Answer: Backpressure propagates upstream to slow down or block the data producer

    Cribl propagates backpressure upstream to the data producer when the downstream pipeline or destination cannot process events fast enough.

  4. Which dedicated source type should you configure in Cribl to receive OpenTelemetry (OTLP) telemetry data?

    Answer: OpenTelemetry Source

    Cribl provides a dedicated OpenTelemetry Source that natively handles OTLP data sent over gRPC or HTTP from OpenTelemetry-compatible tools.

  5. When configuring an Amazon Kinesis source in Cribl for production use, which AWS credential method is recommended?

    Answer: IAM role assigned to the Cribl instance via instance profile

    Using an IAM instance profile (role) is recommended because it avoids storing long-lived credentials and automatically rotates short-term access tokens.

  6. What does the Dead Letter Queue (DLQ) setting in a Cribl destination do with events that fail after all retry attempts are exhausted?

    Answer: Routes failed events to a designated fallback destination for review

    The Dead Letter Queue routes events that have exhausted all retry attempts to a fallback destination, preserving them for manual review or alternative processing.

  7. When configuring the Cribl Edge File Monitor source, what setting determines how frequently log files are checked for newly written content?

    Answer: Poll interval

    The poll interval setting defines how often the File Monitor source checks watched files for newly appended content.

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