Kafka Connect framework ne don haɗa Kafka da tsarin waje (databases, ajiyawa, ayyuka) — saurin bayani cikin da waje daga Kafka ba tare da rubutu na nau'i iri-iri ba, ta hanyar amfani da maimaitawa connectors. Yana sauƙaita gina jigon data.
Abin da Kafka Connect ke yi
KAFKA CONNECT → a framework for streaming data BETWEEN Kafka and external systems:
→ SOURCE connectors → pull data FROM external systems INTO Kafka (e.g. a database → Kafka)
→ SINK connectors → push data FROM Kafka TO external systems (e.g. Kafka → a data warehouse)
→ uses reusable CONNECTORS (pre-built integrations) instead of custom producer/consumer code
→ "plug in" connectors to integrate systems with Kafka
