Using a connector with Helm-installed Kafka/Confluent
Ideally this should be configurable as part of the helm
script, but unfortunately it is not as of now. One way to work around this is to build a new Docker from Confluent's Kafka Connect Docker image. Download the connector manually and extract the contents into a folder. Copy the contents of this to a path in the container. Something like below.
Contents of Dockerfile
FROM confluentinc/cp-kafka-connect:5.2.1
COPY <connector-directory> /usr/share/java
/usr/share/java
is the default location where Kafka Connect looks for plugins. You could also use different location and provide the new location (plugin.path
) during your helm
installation.
Build this image and host it somewhere accessible. You will also have to provide/override the image and tag details during the helm
installation.
Here is the path to the values.yaml
file. You can find the image
and plugin.path
values here.
Just an add-on to Jegan's comment above: https://stackoverflow.com/a/56049585/6002912
You can choose to do the Dockerfile below. Recommended.
FROM confluentinc/cp-server-connect-operator:5.4.0.0
RUN confluent-hub install --no-prompt debezium/debezium-connector-postgresql:1.0.0
Or you can use a Docker's multi-stage build instead.
FROM confluentinc/cp-server-connect-operator:5.4.0.0
COPY --from=debezium/connect:1.0 \
/kafka/connect/debezium-connector-postgres/ \
/usr/share/confluent-hub-components/debezium-connector-postgres/
This will help you to save time on getting the right jar files for your plugins like debezium-connector-postgres.
From Confluent documentation: https://docs.confluent.io/current/connect/managing/extending.html#create-a-docker-image-containing-c-hub-connectors
The Kafka Connect pod should already have the confluent-hub installed. It is that pod you should run the commands on.