5 February 2025
FIX Client Simulator 3.11 Release: Kafka Session Integration
B2BITS, EPAM Systems company is pleased to announce the release of FIX Client Simulator (FCS) 3.11.
The FIX Client Simulator 3.11 release introduces Kafka session integration, supporting existing features - the Send Message Tab, Auto-increment and Replay Logs - to work seamlessly with Kafka.
The FCS Kafka session supports the following functionality:
Producer & Consumer Creation
- Create, configure, and save Kafka producer or consumer sessions.
- Configure topics, groups, optional keys, and more.
Authentication & SSL/TLS
- Supports SASL/Plain (username/password) or no authentication.
- Optional SSL/TLS encryption with the ability to validate certificates.
- User can send or receive a FIX message or arbitrary text (non-FIX content) via Kafka sessions.
- FIX-specific features (like the context-driven workflows, validation, and auto-increment) are supported but require proper FIX tag=value formatting.
- Automatically increment fields (e.g., sequence numbers) in FIX messages, just like in FIX sessions.
- Replay FIX message logs using Kafka session, facilitating troubleshooting, performance review, and re-testing.
Package improvement:
- FIX Client Simulator is now available on macOS.
The complete Release Notes are available in the Knowledge Base.
For our existing customers, the new version of the FIX Client Simulator is available for download in the B2BITS client space. For other interested parties, an evaluation of the FIX Client Simulator is available upon request. Please direct requests for evaluation to sales@btobits.com.