Apache Kafka is a distributed streaming platform that is highly scalable and secure, and it can:
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| If you want to send a message to Kafka, you can use a Kafka target in the process flow. |
Perform the following steps to enable the Event Context Enabled property in a process flow:
- Select the Source service and then click View Properties option from the context pad menu.
- In the Activity Properties panel, under the GENERAL tab, enable the Event Context Enabled property.
- Save the process flow.
- Activate the process flow.
Once you save the process flow with this setting and activate it, you can choose it in the Process Flow Name field while creating a Kafka listener service.
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| Ensure that you have activated the Kafka listener service. Click here to know how to activate it. |
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- Select Kafka as a source application.
- In the Which event should trigger the data transfer? field, select New Message and click Next.
- In the Provide Kafka account information field, select the Kafka account and click Next.
- In the Kafka Settings page, follow the instructions from the step c through step i from the section Creating Kafka Listener.
- Click Next to complete the steps that follow to create the template.
Publishing Kafka message to a Kafka server
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- Select Kafka as a destination application.
- In the Provide Kafka account information field, select the Kafka account and click Next.
- In the How the data should be delivered to destination? field, select Send Message and click Next.
- In the Kafka Settings page, follow the instructions from the step c through step i from the section Creating Kafka Target.
- Click Next to complete the steps that follow to create the template.