Chapter 124. KafkaMirrorMakerConsumerSpec schema reference

Use the consumer.numStreams property to configure the number of streams for the consumer.

You can increase the throughput in mirroring topics by increasing the number of consumer threads. Consumer threads belong to the consumer group specified for Kafka MirrorMaker. Topic partitions are assigned across the consumer threads, which consume messages in parallel.

Use the consumer.offsetCommitInterval property to configure an offset auto-commit interval for the consumer.

You can specify the regular time interval at which an offset is committed after Kafka MirrorMaker has consumed data from the source Kafka cluster. The time interval is set in milliseconds, with a default value of 60,000.

Use the consumer.config properties to configure Kafka options for the consumer as keys.

The values can be one of the following JSON types:

Exceptions

You can specify and configure the options listed in the Apache Kafka configuration documentation for consumers.

However, Streams for Apache Kafka takes care of configuring and managing options related to the following, which cannot be changed:

Properties with the following prefixes cannot be set:

If the config property contains an option that cannot be changed, it is disregarded, and a warning message is logged to the Cluster Operator log file. All other supported options are forwarded to MirrorMaker, including the following exceptions to the options configured by Streams for Apache Kafka:

Use the consumer.groupId property to configure a consumer group identifier for the consumer.

Kafka MirrorMaker uses a Kafka consumer to consume messages, behaving like any other Kafka consumer client. Messages consumed from the source Kafka cluster are mirrored to a target Kafka cluster. A group identifier is required, as the consumer needs to be part of a consumer group for the assignment of partitions.