Using Kafka as a target
This section describes how to set up and use Kafka as a target endpoint in a replication task. In a task with a Kafka target endpoint, each source record is transformed into a message which is then written (with an optional message key) to a partition in the specified topic.
Information noteAlthough the Kafka target endpoint supports working with Confluent Cloud, customers who are not already using it this way should use the dedicated Confluent Cloud target endpoint instead.
In this section:
- Transaction processing by the consumer
- Prerequisites
- Limitations and considerations
- Kafka target data types
- Setting general connection properties
- Setting advanced connection properties
- Working with Confluent Cloud
- The Replicate envelope
- Metadata and data messages
- Using Kerberos authentication on Windows