Chapter 4. Camel Kafka Connector release notes

Camel Kafka Connector is available as a Technology Preview component in Red Hat Integration 2020-Q4. Using Camel Kafka Connector, you can configure standard Camel components as connectors in Kafka Connect. This widens the scope of possible integrations beyond the external systems supported by Kafka Connect alone.

Camel Kafka Connector provides a user-friendly way to configure Camel components directly in the Kafka Connect framework. You can leverage Camel components for integration with different systems by connecting to or from Camel Kafka sink or source connectors. You do not need to write any code, and can include the appropriate connector JARs in your Kafka Connect image and configure the connector options using custom resources.

Camel Kafka Connector is built on Apache Camel Kafka Connector, which is a subproject of the Apache Camel open source community. Camel Kafka Connector is fully integrated with OpenShift Container Platform, AMQ Streams, and Kafka Connect. Camel Kafka Connector is available with the Red Hat Integration - Camel K distribution for cloud-native integration on OpenShift.

Important

Technology Preview features are not supported with Red Hat production service-level agreements (SLAs) and might not be functionally complete. Red Hat does not recommend implementing any Technology Preview features in production environments.

This Technology Preview feature provides early access to upcoming product innovations, enabling you to test functionality and provide feedback during the development process. For more information about support scope, see Technology Preview Features Support Scope.

4.1. New Camel Kafka Connector features

The Camel Kafka Connector Technology Preview includes the following main features:

4.1.1. Platform and core component versions

  • OpenShift Container Platform 4.5 or 4.6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, 8.x
  • AMQ Streams 1.5
  • Kafka Connect 2.5
  • Camel 3.5

4.1.2. Technology Preview features

  • Selected Camel Kafka connectors
  • Marshaling/unmarshalling of Camel data formats for sink and source connectors
  • Aggregation for sink connectors
  • Maven archetypes for extending connectors

4.1.3. Technology Preview Camel Kafka connectors

Table 4.1. Camel Kafka connectors in Technology Preview

ConnectorSink/source

Amazon Web Services (AWS2) Kinesis

Sink and source

Amazon Web Services (AWS2) S3

Sink and source

Amazon Web Services (AWS2) SNS

Sink only

Amazon Web Services (AWS2) SQS

Sink and source

Cassandra Query Language (CQL)

Sink and source

Elasticsearch

Sink only

File

Sink only

Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS)

Sink only

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

Sink only

Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)

Sink only

Java Message Service (JMS)

Sink and source

MongoDB

Sink and source

Salesforce

Source only

Slack

Source only

Syslog

Source only

Timer

Source only