Kafka Connect

• Kafka Connector Source: move external data into kafka
• Kafka Connector Sink: move kafka data into external base
• https://www.confluent.io/product/connectors/

• Kafka Connect is the cluster that connects to Kafka (either to source or sink)
• Kafka Connectors are the plugins for Kafka Connect, which uses the Kafka Connect API

# Run a Kafka Connect Cluster
connect-standalone.sh -daemon "connect-standalone.properties"