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Chapter 50. Kafka Source

Receive data from Kafka topics through Plain Login Module.

50.1. Configuration Options
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The following table summarizes the configuration options available for the kafka-source Kamelet:

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PropertyNameDescriptionTypeDefaultExample

bootstrapServers *

Bootstrap Servers

Comma separated list of Kafka Broker URLs

string

  

password *

Password

Password to authenticate to kafka

string

  

topic *

Topic Names

Comma separated list of Kafka topic names

string

  

user *

Username

Username to authenticate to Kafka

string

  

allowManualCommit

Allow Manual Commit

Whether to allow doing manual commits

boolean

False

 

autoCommitEnable

Auto Commit Enable

If true, periodically commit to ZooKeeper the offset of messages already fetched by the consumer

boolean

True

 

autoOffsetReset

Auto Offset Reset

What to do when there is no initial offset. There are 3 enums and the value can be one of latest, earliest, none

string

latest

 

consumerGroup

Consumer Group

A string that uniquely identifies the group of consumers to which this source belongs

string

 

my-group-id

deserializeHeaders

Automatically Deserialize Headers

When enabled the Kamelet source will deserialize all message headers to String representation.

boolean

True

 

pollOnError

Poll On Error Behavior

What to do if kafka threw an exception while polling for new messages. There are 5 enums and the value can be one of DISCARD, ERROR_HANDLER, RECONNECT, RETRY, STOP

string

ERROR_HANDLER

 

saslMechanism

SASL Mechanism

The Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Mechanism used.

string

PLAIN

 

securityProtocol

Security Protocol

Protocol used to communicate with brokers. SASL_PLAINTEXT, PLAINTEXT, SASL_SSL and SSL are supported

string

SASL_SSL

 

topicIsPattern

Topic Is Pattern

Whether the topic is a pattern (regular expression). This can be used to subscribe to dynamic number of topics matching the pattern.

boolean

False

 

* = Fields marked with an asterisk are mandatory.

50.2. Dependencies
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50.2.1. Quarkus dependencies
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<dependencies>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel.quarkus</groupId>
    <artifact>camel-quarkus-core</artifact>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel.quarkus</groupId>
    <artifact>camel-quarkus-kafka</artifact>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel.quarkus</groupId>
    <artifact>camel-quarkus-kamelet</artifact>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel.kamelets</groupId>
    <artifact>camel-kamelets-utils</artifact>
    <version>4.8.5</version>
  </dependency>
</dependencies>
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50.3. Usage
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50.3.1. Camel JBang usage
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50.3.1.1. Prerequisites for JBang
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  • Install JBang.

  • You have executed the following command: 

    jbang app install camel@apache/camel
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50.3.1.2. Running a route with JBang
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Suppose you have a file named route.yaml with this content: 

- route:
    from:
      uri: "kamelet:timer-source"
      parameters:
        period: 10000
        message: 'test'
      steps:
        - to:
            uri: "kamelet:log-sink"
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You can now run it directly through the following command. 

camel run route.yaml
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50.3.2. Knative Source
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You can use the kafka-source Kamelet as a Knative source by binding it to a Knative object.

kafka-source-binding.yaml

apiVersion: camel.apache.org/v1
kind: Pipe
metadata:
  name: kafka-source-binding
spec:
  source:
    ref:
      kind: Kamelet
      apiVersion: camel.apache.org/v1
      name: kafka-source
    properties:
      bootstrapServers: "The Brokers"
      password: "The Password"
      topic: "The Topic Names"
      user: "The Username"
  sink:
    ref:
      kind: Channel
      apiVersion: messaging.knative.dev/v1
      name: mychannel
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50.3.3. Kafka Source
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You can use the kafka-source Kamelet as a Kafka source by binding it to a Kafka topic.

kafka-source-binding.yaml

apiVersion: camel.apache.org/v1
kind: Pipe
metadata:
  name: kafka-source-binding
spec:
  source:
    ref:
      kind: Kamelet
      apiVersion: camel.apache.org/v1
      name: kafka-source
    properties:
      bootstrapServers: "The Brokers"
      password: "The Password"
      topic: "The Topic Names"
      user: "The Username"
  sink:
    ref:
      kind: KafkaTopic
      apiVersion: kafka.strimzi.io/v1beta1
      name: my-topic
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50.4. Kamelets source file
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https://github.com/jboss-fuse/camel-kamelets/blob/camel-kamelets-4.10.3-branch/kamelets/kafka-source.kamelet.yaml

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