Menene Kafka Connect?

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**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

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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
```

## Me yasa ake amfani da Kafka Connect

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✓ NO custom code → use existing connectors for common systems (databases, S3, Elasticsearch,
  data warehouses, etc.) instead of writing producers/consumers
✓ Reliable, scalable → handles offsets, retries, scaling, fault tolerance, distributed mode
✓ Standardized → consistent way to integrate; config-driven (declarative)
✓ Many connectors available (Confluent Hub, community) for common systems
```

## Sakonnin amfani

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✓ DATA PIPELINES → stream data from databases into Kafka and out to other systems
✓ CHANGE DATA CAPTURE (CDC) → stream database changes into Kafka (e.g. Debezium) → react
  to data changes in real time
✓ INGESTION → bring data from many sources into Kafka
✓ EXPORT → move Kafka data to storage, search, analytics, warehouses
→ a key tool for building Kafka-based data integration/pipelines
```

## Me yasa ya maɓadi

Sanin Kafka Connect yana da muhimmanci saboda yana da **maɓuɓɓugar kayan aiki don haɗa Kafka da tsarin waje**, tsakiya ga gina jigon bayani, saboda haka ilimi yana da amfani don haɗi na tushen Kafka.

Kafka Connect yana magganin buƙatun gida don saurin bayani tsakanin Kafka da tsarin waje (databases, ajiyawa, ayyuka) ba tare da rubutu na nau'i iri-iri na haɗi ba.

Sanin **abin da Kafka Connect ke yi** — samar da **source connectors** (ja bayani daga tsarin waje cikin Kafka) da **sink connectors** (tuƙi bayani daga Kafka zuwa tsarin waje), ta hanyar amfani da maimaitawa da connectors da aka aiki ciki sannan a maimakon nau'i iri-iri producer/consumer code — yana bayyana rolin sa a cikin haɗi bayani.

Sanin **me yasa ake amfani da shi** — guje nau'i iri-iri code (amfani da connectors da aka aiki tsari na tsarin suka kamar databases, S3, Elasticsearch, da wuraren ajiyar bayani), aminci da yawa (magganin offsets, sake yunwa, yawa, da gida ga damina ne a cikin waje mode), kamanza (config-driven, bayyana haɗi), da damar connectors da yawa — yana bayyana ƙimar sa a gida wajen rubuta nau'i iri-iri haɗi code.

Sanin **sakonnin amfani** — jigon bayani (saurin bayani tsakanin tsarin ta hanyar Kafka), **saurin canzawa na bayani** (saurin canzawa na database cikin Kafka, misal da Debezium, don amsa canzawa na bayani a zahon — alwatika muhimmi), aiko (kawo da bayani daga wurare da yawa cikin Kafka), da kashe (saurin bayani daga Kafka zuwa ajiyawa, bincike, da ƙididdigewa) — yana bayyana inda Kafka Connect ya ƙafi, musamman don jigon bayani da CDC sakonnin amfani da ke tsakiya ga rolin Kafka azaman baba bayani.

Kafka Connect ya sauƙaita gina Kafka-based haɗi da bayani ta hanyar samar da maimaitawa, aminci connectors.

Tun Kafka Connect wuri-maɓuɓɓugar kayan aiki don haɗa Kafka da tsarin waje (tsakiya ga jigon bayani da CDC) da sanin abin da ya ke yi, bennaye (babu nau'i iri-iri code, aminci, kamanza), da sa amfani yana da amfani don haɗi na tushen Kafka, sanin Kafka Connect yana da mahimmanci, aiki-na-zahon ilimi — maɓuɓɓugar kayan aiki don haɗa Kafka da tsarin waje ta hanyar maimaitawa connectors, tsakiya ga gina jigon bayani da CDC, sauƙaita haɗi bayani, da muhimmi ga rolin Kafka azaman baba bayani wanda ke haɗa tsarin yawa.