KafkaConnectors

Learn how to manage Kafka Connectors.
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This section describes the resource definition format for KafkaConnector entities, which can be used to define the configuration and status of connectors you plan to create and manage on specific Kafka Connect clusters.

Definition Format of KafkaConnector

Below is the overall structure of the KafkaConnector resource.

---
apiVersion: "kafka.jikkou.io/v1beta1"  # The api version (required)
kind: "KafkaConnector"                 # The resource kind (required)
metadata:
  name: <string>                       # The name of the connector (required)
  labels:
    # Name of the Kafka Connect cluster to create the connector instance in (required).
    kafka.jikkou.io/connect-cluster: <string>
  annotations:
    # Override client properties to connect to Kafka Connect cluster (optional).
    jikkou.io/config-override: | 
      <json>
spec:
  connectorClass: <string>            # Name or alias of the class for this connector.
  tasksMax: <integer>                 # The maximum number of tasks for the Kafka Connector.
  config:                             # Configuration properties of the connector.
    <key>: <value>
  state: <string>                     # The state the connector should be in. Defaults to running.

See below for details about all these fields.

Metadata

metadata.name [required]

The name of the connector.

labels.kafka.jikkou.io/connect-cluster [required]

The name of the Kafka Connect cluster to create the connector instance in. The cluster name must be configured through the kafkaConnect.clusters[] Jikkou’s configuration setting (see: Configuration).

jikkou.io/config-override: [optional]

The JSON client configurations to override for connecting to the Kafka Connect cluster. The configuration properties passed through this annotation override any cluster properties defined in the Jikkou’s configuration setting (see: Configuration).

apiVersion: "kafka.jikkou.io/v1beta1"
kind: "KafkaConnector"
metadata:
  name: "my-connector"
  labels:
    kafka.jikkou.io/connect-cluster: "my-connect-cluster"
  annotations:
    jikkou.io/config-override: |
      { "url": "http://localhost:8083" }

Specification

spec.connectorClass [required]

The name or alias of the class for this connector.

spec.tasksMax [optional]

The maximum number of tasks for the Kafka Connector. Default is 1.

spec.config [required]

The connector’s configuration properties.

spec.state [optional]

The state the connector should be in. Defaults to running.

Below are the valid values:

  • running: Transition the connector and its tasks to RUNNING state.
  • paused: Pause the connector and its tasks, which stops message processing until the connector is resumed.
  • stopped: Completely shut down the connector and its tasks. The connector config remains present in the config topic of the cluster (if running in distributed mode), unmodified.

Examples

The following is an example of a resource describing a Kafka connector:

---
# Example: file: kafka-connector-filestream-sink.yaml
apiVersion: "kafka.jikkou.io/v1beta1"
kind: "KafkaConnector"
metadata:
  name: "local-file-sink"
  labels:
    kafka.jikkou.io/connect-cluster: "my-connect-cluster"
spec:
  connectorClass: "FileStreamSink"
  tasksMax: 1
  config:
    file: "/tmp/test.sink.txt"
    topics: "connect-test"
  state: "RUNNING"

Listing KafkaConnector

You can retrieve the state of Kafka Connector instances running on your Kafka Connect clusters using the jikkou get kafkaconnectors (or jikkou get kc) command.

Usage

$jikkou get kc --help

Usage:

Get all 'KafkaConnector' resources.

jikkou get kafkaconnectors [-hV] [--expand-status] [-o=<format>]
                           [-s=<expressions>]...

Description:

Use jikkou get kafkaconnectors when you want to describe the state of all
resources of type 'KafkaConnector'.

Options:

      --expand-status     Retrieves additional information about the status of
                            the connector and its tasks.
  -h, --help              Show this help message and exit.
  -o, --output=<format>   Prints the output in the specified format. Allowed
                            values: json, yaml (default yaml).
  -s, --selector=<expressions>
                          The selector expression use for including or
                            excluding resources.
  -V, --version           Print version information and exit.

(The output from your current Jikkou version may be different from the above example.)

Examples

(command)

$ jikkou get kc --expand-status

(output)

apiVersion: "kafka.jikkou.io/v1beta1"
kind: "KafkaConnector"
metadata:
  name: "local-file-sink"
  labels:
    kafka.jikkou.io/connect-cluster: "localhost"
spec:
  connectorClass: "FileStreamSink"
  tasksMax: 1
  config:
    file: "/tmp/test.sink.txt"
    topics: "connect-test"
  state: "RUNNING"
status:
  connectorStatus:
    name: "local-file-sink"
    connector:
      state: "RUNNING"
      worker_id: "localhost:8083"
    tasks:
      id: 1
      state: "RUNNING"
      worker_id: "localhost:8083"

The status.connectorStatus provides the connector status, as reported by the Kafka Connect REST API.

Last modified May 7, 2024: docs(gh-page): add release note for 0.34.0 (1bf0083c)