Chapter 10. Debezium Server (Developer Preview)
Debezium Server is a ready-to-use application that streams change events from a data source directly to a configured data sink without relying on an Apache Kafka Connect infrastructure.
Debezium Server is Developer Preview software only. Developer Preview software is not supported by Red Hat in any way and is not functionally complete or production-ready. Do not use Developer Preview software for production or business-critical workloads. Developer Preview software provides early access to upcoming product software in advance of its possible inclusion in a Red Hat product offering. Customers can use this software to test functionality and provide feedback during the development process. This software might not have any documentation, is subject to change or removal at any time, and has received limited testing. Red Hat might provide ways to submit feedback on Developer Preview software without an associated SLA.
For more information about the support scope of Red Hat Developer Preview software, see Developer Preview Support Scope.
10.1. Debezium Server sink destinations
For this Developer Preview release of Debezium Server, you can configure the following sink destinations:
- Apache Kafka
- Redis Streams
The Debezium community documentation refers to the use of several other data sinks. For this Developer Preview release, configure Debezium Server to use one of the data sinks in the preceding list.
10.2. Change event streaming with Debezium Server and an Apache Kafka event sink vs. with Kafka Connect and the Debezium connectors
Debezium Server includes connectors that can send event data directly to a Kafka sink. It does not require you to deploy connectors or deploy a Kafka Connect cluster. If you already run an Apache Kafka cluster, you can use that cluster to test Debezium Server by configuring the cluster as a sink destination.
Running Debezium Server with a Kafka sink does not provide some features that are available when you run the Debezium source connectors on Kafka Connect. For example, a Debezium Server connector can use only a single task to write to a data sink, whereas, most connectors that run on Kafka Connect can use multiple tasks. Also, Debezium Server does not provide advanced features, such as customized automatic topic creation.
10.3. Deploying and using Debezium Server
You can obtain the Developer Preview version of Debezium Server from the Software Downloads on the Red Hat Customer Portal.
For information about how to deploy and use Debezium Server, see the Debezium community documentation.
Additional resources
- For information about deploying Debezium connectors to Kafka Connect, see the source connector documentation.
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