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.
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