Configures Kafka MirrorMaker.

[id='property-mm-whitelist-{context}']
=== `whitelist`

Use the `whitelist` property to configure a list of topics that Kafka MirrorMaker mirrors from the source to the target Kafka cluster.

The property allows any regular expression from the simplest case with a single topic name to complex patterns.
For example, you can mirror topics A and B using "A|B" or all topics using "*".
You can also pass multiple regular expressions separated by commas to the Kafka MirrorMaker.

[id='property-mm-producer-consumer-{context}']
=== `KafkaMirrorMakerConsumerSpec` and `KafkaMirrorMakerProducerSpec`

Use the `KafkaMirrorMakerConsumerSpec` and `KafkaMirrorMakerProducerSpec` to configure source (consumer) and target (producer) clusters.

Kafka MirrorMaker always works together with two Kafka clusters (source and target).
To establish a connection, the bootstrap servers for the source and the target Kafka clusters are specified as comma-separated lists of `_HOSTNAME:PORT_` pairs.
Each comma-separated list contains one or more Kafka brokers or a `Service` pointing to Kafka brokers specified as a `_HOSTNAME:PORT_` pair.

[id='property-mm-loggers-{context}']
=== `logging`

Kafka MirrorMaker has its own configurable logger:

* `mirrormaker.root.logger`

MirrorMaker uses the Apache `log4j` logger implementation.

Use the `logging` property to configure loggers and logger levels.

You can set the log levels by specifying the logger and level directly (inline) or use a custom (external) ConfigMap.
If a ConfigMap is used, you set `logging.valueFrom.configMapKeyRef.name` property to the name of the ConfigMap containing the external logging configuration. Inside the ConfigMap, the logging configuration is described using `log4j.properties`. Both `logging.valueFrom.configMapKeyRef.name` and `logging.valueFrom.configMapKeyRef.key` properties are mandatory. A ConfigMap using the exact logging configuration specified is created with the custom resource when the Cluster Operator is running, then recreated after each reconciliation. If you do not specify a custom ConfigMap, default logging settings are used. If a specific logger value is not set, upper-level logger settings are inherited for that logger.
For more information about log levels, see {ApacheLoggers}.

Here we see examples of `inline` and `external` logging:

[source,yaml,subs="+quotes,attributes"]
----
apiVersion: {KafkaMirrorMakerApiVersion}
kind: KafkaMirrorMaker
spec:
  # ...
  logging:
    type: inline
    loggers:
      mirrormaker.root.logger: "INFO"
  # ...
----

[source,yaml,subs="+quotes,attributes"]
----
apiVersion: {KafkaMirrorMakerApiVersion}
kind: KafkaMirrorMaker
spec:
  # ...
  logging:
    type: external
    valueFrom:
      configMapKeyRef:
        name: customConfigMap
        key: mirror-maker-log4j.properties
  # ...
----

.Garbage collector (GC)

Garbage collector logging can also be enabled (or disabled) using the xref:con-common-configuration-garbage-collection-reference[`jvmOptions` property].
