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Kafka Source

Overview​

The Kafka Source is a Vanus Connector which aims to consume Kafka messages from topics, converts them into CloudEvents, and then deliver them to the target URL.

For example, if an original message looks like:

> { "name": "Jason", "age": "30" }

It will be converted to CloudEvent this way:

{
  "id" : "4ad0b59fc-3e1f-484d-8925-bd78aab15123",
  "source" : "kafka_bootstrap_servers.mytopic",
  "type" : "kafka.message",
  "datacontenttype" : "application/json",
  "time" : "2022-09-07T10:21:49.668Z",
  "data" : {
     "name": "Jason",
     "age": "30"
  }
}

Quick Start​

This section will show you how to use Kafka Source to convert Kafka messages to CloudEvents.

Prerequisites​

Create the config file​

cat << EOF > config.yml
target: http://localhost:31081
bootstrap_servers: "localhost:9092"
group_id: "vanus-source-kafka"
topics: [ "mytopic" ]
EOF
NameRequiredDefaultDescription
targetYESthe target URL which Kafka Source will send CloudEvents to
bootstrap_serversYESthe kafka cluster bootstrap servers
group_idYESthe kafka cluster consumer group id
topicsYESthe kafka topics listened by kafka source

The Kafka Source tries to find the config file at /vanus-connect/config/config.yml by default. You can specify the position of config file by setting the environment variable CONNECTOR_CONFIG for your connector.

Start with Docker​

docker run -it --rm --network=host \
  -v ${PWD}:/vanus-connect/config \
  --name source-kafka public.ecr.aws/vanus/connector/source-kafka

Test​

Open a terminal and use the following command to run a Display sink, which receives and prints CloudEvents.

docker run -it --rm \
  -p 31081:8080 \
  --name sink-display public.ecr.aws/vanus/connector/sink-display

Make sure the target value in your config file is http://localhost:31081 so that the Source can send CloudEvents to our Display Sink.

After running Display Sink, run the Kafka Source

docker run -it --rm --network=host \
  -v ${PWD}:/vanus-connect/config \
  --name source-kafka public.ecr.aws/vanus/connector/source-kafka

Send kafka message use the following command:

bin/kafka-console-producer.sh --topic mytopic --bootstrap-server localhost:9092

Here is the sort of CloudEvent you should expect to receive in the Display Sink:

{
  "id": "4ad0b59fc-3e1f-484d-8925-bd78aab15123",
  "source": "kafka_bootstrap_servers.mytopic",
  "type": "kafka.message",
  "datacontenttype": "application/json",
  "time": "2022-09-07T10:21:49.668Z",
  "data": {
    "name": "Jason",
    "age": "30"
  }
}

Clean​

docker stop source-kafka sink-display

Run in Kubernetes​

kubectl apply -f source-kafka.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: source-kafka
  namespace: vanus
data:
  config.yaml: |-
    target: "http://vanus-gateway.vanus:8080/gateway/quick_start"
    bootstrap_servers: "localhost:9092"
    group_id: "vanus-source-kafka"
    topics: [ "mytopic" ]
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: source-kafka
  namespace: vanus
  labels:
    app: source-kafka
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: source-kafka
  replicas: 1
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: source-kafka
    spec:
      containers:
        - name: source-kafka
          image: public.ecr.aws/vanus/connector/source-kafka
          imagePullPolicy: Always
          volumeMounts:
            - name: config
              mountPath: /vanus-connect/config
      volumes:
        - name: config
          configMap:
            name: source-kafka

Integrate with Vanus​

This section shows how a source connector can send CloudEvents to a running Vanus cluster.

Prerequisites​

  • Have a running K8s cluster
  • Have a running Vanus cluster
  • Vsctl Installed
  1. Export the VANUS_GATEWAY environment variable (the ip should be a host-accessible address of the vanus-gateway service)
export VANUS_GATEWAY=192.168.49.2:30001
  1. Create an eventbus
vsctl eventbus create --name quick-start
  1. Update the target config of the Kafka Source
target: http://192.168.49.2:30001/gateway/quick-start
  1. Run the Kafka Source
kubectl apply -f source-kafka.yaml