Kafka adapter

The Kafka adapter introduces connectivity from Diffusion to an Apache Kafka cluster. This is a two-way adapter, in that it supports publication and consumption of messages to, and from Kafka. Many configuration options exist here, including facilities for handling of AVRO format messages.

The Kafka adapter is developed with and follows the standards of the Diffusion Gateway Framework.

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If you're using a paid instance on Diffusion Cloud (our hosted Diffusion offering), you can easily set up managed Kafka adapters directly from the dashboard.

You can configure Kafka clusters, topic mappings and many other specifics of the Kafka adapter without leaving your browser.

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Kafka adapter manual (opens in new tab) Download the Kafka adapter bundle (zip)

Confluent Kafka Connector

We also provide a Confluent-certified Kafka Connector. This counterpart component can be used within a Kafka configuration (self hosted, or Confluent managed) to add a new 'source' or 'sink' connector for interaction with Diffusion Server.