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# Amazon Redshift Sink Connector for Confluent Cloud

The fully managed Amazon Redshift Sink connector for Confluent Cloud exports Avro, JSON Schema, or Protobuf data from Apache Kafka® topics to Amazon
Redshift. The connector polls data from Kafka and writes this data to an Amazon
Redshift database. Polling data is based on subscribed topics. Auto-creation of
tables and limited auto-evolution are supported.

#### NOTE
* This Quick Start is for the fully managed Confluent Cloud connector. If you are
  installing the connector locally for Confluent Platform, see [Amazon Redshift
  Sink Connector for Confluent Platform](https://docs.confluent.io/kafka-connectors/aws-redshift/current/).
* If you require private networking for fully managed connectors, make sure to set up the proper
  networking beforehand. For more information, see [Manage Networking for Confluent Cloud Connectors](networking/internet-resource.md#clusters-connect-cloud).

## Features

* The Amazon Redshift Sink connector inserts Kafka records into an Amazon Redshift database.
* **Database authentication:** Uses password authentication or AWS IAM role-based
  authentication via Confluent Provider Integration.
* **Provider integration support**: The connector supports AWS IAM role-based authorization
  using Confluent Provider Integration. For more information about provider integration
  setup, see [IAM roles authentication](#cc-amazon-redshift-sink-setup-connection)
  and [AWS IAM Authentication Setup](#cc-amazon-redshift-sink-aws-iam-auth).
* **Input data formats**: The connector supports Avro, JSON Schema, or Protobuf input data
  formats. [Schema Registry](../get-started/schema-registry.md#cloud-sr-config) must be enabled to use a Schema Registry-based
  format (for example, Avro, JSON_SR (JSON Schema), or Protobuf).
* `auto.create` and `auto-evolve` are supported. If tables or columns are missing, they can
  be created automatically.
* There is no primary key support.

For more information and examples to use with the Confluent Cloud API for Connect,
see the [Confluent Cloud API for Connect Usage Examples](connect-api-section.md#ccloud-connect-api) section.

## Limitations

Be sure to review the following information.

* For connector limitations, see [Amazon Redshift Sink Connector](limits.md#cc-amazon-redshift-sink-limits) limitations.
* If you plan to use one or more Single Message Transformations (SMTs), see [SMT Limitations](single-message-transforms.md#cc-single-message-transforms-limitations).

## Quick Start

Use this quick start to get up and running with the Confluent Cloud Amazon Redshift Sink connector. The quick start provides the basics of selecting the connector
and configuring it to stream events to Amazon Redshift.

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Prerequisites
: - Authorized access to a [Confluent Cloud](https://www.confluent.io/confluent-cloud/) cluster on Amazon Web Services.
  - The Confluent CLI installed and configured for the cluster. See [Install the Confluent CLI](https://docs.confluent.io/confluent-cli/current/install.html).
  - [Schema Registry](../get-started/schema-registry.md#cloud-sr-config) must be enabled to use a Schema Registry-based format (for example, Avro, JSON_SR (JSON Schema), or Protobuf).
  - The Amazon Redshift database must be in the same region as your Confluent Cloud cluster.
  - For networking considerations, see [Networking and DNS](overview.md#connect-internet-access-resources). To use a set of public egress IP addresses, see [Public Egress IP Addresses for Confluent Cloud Connectors](static-egress-ip.md#cc-static-egress-ips).
  - The connector configuration requires a Redshift user (and password) with Redshift database privileges. For example:
    ```sql
    CREATE DATABASE <DB_NAME>;
  <br/>
    CREATE USER <DB_USER> PASSWORD '<DB_PASSWORD>';
  <br/>
    GRANT USAGE ON SCHEMA public TO <DB_USER>;
    GRANT CREATE ON SCHEMA public TO <DB_USER>;
    GRANT SELECT ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA public TO <DB_USER>;
    GRANT ALL ON SCHEMA public TO <DB_USER>;
  <br/>
    GRANT CREATE ON DATABASE <DB_NAME> TO <DB_USER>;
    ```
  <br/>
    For additional information, see the [Redshift docs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/gsg/database-tasks.html).
  <br/>
  - Kafka cluster credentials. The following lists the different ways you can provide credentials.
    - Enter an existing [service account](service-account.md#s3-cloud-service-account) resource ID.
    - Create a Confluent Cloud [service account](service-account.md#s3-cloud-service-account) for the connector. Make sure to review the ACL entries required in the [service account documentation](service-account.md#s3-cloud-service-account). Some connectors have specific ACL requirements.
    - Create a Confluent Cloud API key and secret. To create a key and secret, you can use [confluent api-key create](https://docs.confluent.io/confluent-cli/current/command-reference/api-key/confluent_api-key_create.html) *or* you can autogenerate the API key and secret directly in the Cloud Console when setting up the connector.

### Using the Confluent Cloud Console

#### Step 1: Launch your Confluent Cloud cluster

To create and launch a Kafka cluster in Confluent Cloud, see [Create a kafka cluster in Confluent Cloud](../get-started/index.md#cloud-create-kafka-cluster).

#### Step 2: Add a connector

In the left navigation menu, click **Connectors**. If you already have connectors in your cluster, click **+ Add
connector**.

#### Step 3: Select your connector

Click the **Amazon Redshift Sink** connector card.

![Amazon Redshift Sink Connector Card](images/ccloud-redshift-sink-icon.png)

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#### Step 4: Enter the connector details

#### NOTE
* Ensure you have all your [prerequisites](#cc-amazon-redshift-sink-prereqs) completed.
* An asterisk ( \* ) designates a required entry.

At the **Add Amazon Redshift Sink Connector** screen, complete the following:

### Topic selection

If you’ve already populated your Kafka topics, select the topics you want
to connect from the **Topics** list.

To create a new topic, click **+Add new topic**.

### Kafka access

1. Select the way you want to provide **Kafka Cluster credentials**. You can
   choose one of the following options:
   - **My account**: This setting allows your connector to globally access everything
     that you have access to. With a user account, the connector uses an API key and
     secret to access the Kafka cluster. This option is not recommended for production.
   - **Service account**: This setting limits the access for your connector by using a
     [service account](service-account.md#s3-cloud-service-account). This option is recommended for
     production.
   - **Use an existing API key**: This setting allows you to specify an API key and a
     secret pair. You can use an existing pair or create a new one. This method is not
     recommended for production environments.

   #### NOTE
   Freight clusters support only service accounts for Kafka authentication.
2. Click **Continue**.

### Authentication

1. Configure the authentication properties:
   - **AWS Redshift domain**: The domain leader node for the cluster. The
     Redshift domain entered must be in the form:
     `<cluster-name>.<cluster-id>.<region>.redshift.amazonaws.com`.
   - **AWS Redshift port**: The port number for incoming connections to the leader.
   - **Connection user**: The username to authenticate with the database.
   - **Database name**: The name of the database on the cluster.

   **Auth Mode**
   - **Authentication method**: Under **Auth Mode**, select how you want to authenticate with the database:
     * If you select **Password**, enter the **Database password** for the Amazon Redshift
       database user that has the required authorization.
     * If you select **IAM Roles**, choose an existing integration name
       under **Provider integration name** dropdown that has access to your resource.
       For more information, see [Manage Provider Integration for Fully Managed Connectors in Confluent Cloud](provider-integration.md#cloud-pi-quickstart).
   - **Provider Integration**: Select an existing integration that has access to your resource if you select **IAM Roles** as the authentication method.
   - **Connection password**: Enter the database password for the Amazon Redshift database user that has the required authorization if you choose **Password** as the authentication method.
2. Click **Continue**.

### Configuration

#### NOTE
Configuration properties that are not shown in the
Cloud Console use the default values.  See
[Configuration Properties](#cc-amazon-redshift-sink-config-properties) for all
property values and definitions.

- **Input Kafka record value format**: Select an input Kafka record value format (data coming from the
  Kafka topic). Valid entries are AVRO, JSON_SR (JSON Schema), or PROTOBUF. A valid schema
  must be available in [Schema Registry](../get-started/schema-registry.md#cloud-sr-config) to use a
  schema-based message format (for example, Avro, JSON_SR (JSON Schema),
  or Protobuf).

### **Show advanced configurations**

- **Schema context**: Select a schema context to use for this connector, if using
  a schema-based data format. This property defaults to the **Default** context,
  which configures the connector to use the default schema set up for Schema Registry in your
  Confluent Cloud environment. A schema context allows you to use separate schemas (like
  schema sub-registries) tied to topics in different Kafka clusters that share the
  same Schema Registry environment. For example, if you select a non-default context, a
  **Source** connector uses only that schema context to register a schema and a
  **Sink** connector uses only that schema context to read from. For more
  information about setting up a schema context, see [What are schema contexts and when should you use them?](../sr/faqs-cc.md#faq-schema-contexts).
- **Table name format**: A format string for the destination table
  name, which may contain `${topic}` as a placeholder for the
  originating topic name. For example, to create a table named
  `kafka-orders` based on a Kafka topic named `orders`, you would
  enter `kafka-${topic}` in this field.
- **Database timezone**: Name of the JDBC timezone that should be
  sed in the connector when inserting time-based values.
- **Batch size**: Specifies how many records to attempt to batch
  together for insertion into the destination table.
- **Auto create table**: Whether to automatically create the
  destination table if it is missing.
- **Auto add columns**: Whether to automatically add columns in the
  table if they are missing.

**Additional Configs**

- **Value Converter Schema ID Deserializer**: Sets the class name of the schema ID deserializer for values. The deserializer reads schema IDs from message headers.
- **Value Converter Reference Subject Name Strategy**: Sets the subject reference name strategy for values. Valid entries are `DefaultReferenceSubjectNameStrategy` or `QualifiedReferenceSubjectNameStrategy`. You can use this strategy only with `PROTOBUF` format; the default strategy is `DefaultReferenceSubjectNameStrategy`.
- **Schema ID For Value Converter**: Sets the schema ID to use for deserialization when using `ConfigSchemaIdDeserializer`. This lets you specify a fixed schema ID for deserializing message values. This property is applicable only when `value.converter.value.schema.id.deserializer` is set to `ConfigSchemaIdDeserializer`.
- **Errors Tolerance**: Use this property to configure the connector’s error handling behavior.

  #### WARNING
  Use this property with caution for sink connectors, as it can lead to data loss. If you set this property to `all`, the connector does not fail on errant records, but logs them (and sends to DLQ for sink connectors) and continues processing. If you set this property to `none`, the connector task fails on errant records.
- **Value Converter Ignore Default For Nullables**: When set to `true`, this property ensures that the corresponding record in Kafka is `null`, instead of showing the default column value. Applies to the `AVRO`, `PROTOBUF`, and `JSON_SR` converters.
- **Key Converter Schema ID Deserializer**: Sets the class name of the schema ID deserializer for keys. The deserializer reads schema IDs from message headers.
- **Value Converter Decimal Format**: Specifies the `JSON` or `JSON_SR` serialization format for Connect `DECIMAL` logical type values with two allowed literals:
  `BASE64` to serialize `DECIMAL` logical types as base64 encoded binary data, and
  `NUMERIC` to serialize `DECIMAL` logical type values in `JSON` or `JSON_SR` as a number representing the decimal value.
- **Schema GUID For Key Converter**: Sets the schema GUID to use for deserialization when using `ConfigSchemaIdDeserializer`. This lets you specify a fixed schema GUID for deserializing message keys. This property is applicable only when `key.converter.key.schema.id.deserializer` is set to `ConfigSchemaIdDeserializer`.
- **Schema GUID For Value Converter**: Sets the schema GUID to use for deserialization when using `ConfigSchemaIdDeserializer`. This lets you specify a fixed schema GUID for deserializing message values. This property is applicable only when `value.converter.value.schema.id.deserializer` is set to `ConfigSchemaIdDeserializer`.
- **Value Converter Connect Meta Data**: Enables the Connect converter to add its metadata to the output schema. Applies to Avro converters.
- **Value Converter Value Subject Name Strategy**: Determines how to construct the subject name under which the value schema is registered with Schema Registry.
- **Key Converter Key Subject Name Strategy**: Determines how to construct the subject name for key schema registration.
- **Schema ID For Key Converter**: Sets the schema ID to use for deserialization when using `ConfigSchemaIdDeserializer`. This lets you specify a fixed schema ID for deserializing message keys. This property is applicable only when `key.converter.key.schema.id.deserializer` is set to `ConfigSchemaIdDeserializer`.

**Auto-restart policy**

- **Enable Connector Auto-restart**: Enables the auto-restart behavior of the connector and its
  task in the event of user-actionable errors. Defaults to `true`, enabling the connector to
  automatically restart in case of user-actionable errors. Set this property to `false` to
  disable auto-restart for failed connectors. If disabled, you must manually restart the connector.

**Consumer configuration**

- **Max poll interval(ms)**: Sets the maximum delay between subsequent consume requests to Kafka. Use this property to
  improve connector performance in cases when the connector cannot send records to the sink system.
  The default is 300,000 milliseconds (5 minutes).
- **Max poll records**: Sets the maximum number of records to consume from Kafka in a single request. Use this property to
  improve connector performance in cases when the connector cannot send records to the sink system.
  The default is 500 records.

**Transforms**

- **Single Message Transformations**: To add a new SMT, see [Add transforms](single-message-transforms.md#cc-single-message-transforms-ui).
  For more information about unsupported SMTs, see
  [Unsupported transformations](single-message-transforms.md#cc-single-message-transforms-unsupported-transforms).

**Processing position**

- **Set offsets**: Click **Set offsets** to define a specific offset for
  this connector to begin procession data from. For more information
  on managing offsets, see [Manage offsets](offsets.md#connect-custom-offsets).

See [Configuration Properties](#cc-amazon-redshift-sink-config-properties) for all property
values and definitions.

- Click **Continue**.

### Sizing

Based on the number of topic partitions you select, you will be provided
with a recommended number of tasks.

1. To change the number of recommended tasks, enter the number of
   [tasks](/platform/current/connect/concepts.html#tasks) for the connector to use in
   the **Tasks** field.
2. Click **Continue**.

### Review and Launch

1. Verify the connection details.
2. Click **Launch**.
   ![Launch the connector](images/ccloud-redshift-sink-launch-connector.png)

   The status for the connector should go from **Provisioning** to
   **Running**.

#### Step 5: Check the results in Redshift

1. From the [AWS Management Console](https://aws.amazon.com/console/), go to your Redshift project.
2. Verify that new records are being added to the database.

For more information and examples to use with the Confluent Cloud API for Connect,
see the [Confluent Cloud API for Connect Usage Examples](connect-api-section.md#ccloud-connect-api) section.

### Using the Confluent CLI

Complete the following steps to set up and run the connector using the Confluent CLI.

#### NOTE
Make sure you have all your [prerequisites](#cc-amazon-redshift-sink-prereqs) completed.

#### Step 1: List the available connectors

Enter the following command to list available connectors:

```none
confluent connect plugin list
```

#### Step 2: List the connector configuration properties

Enter the following command to show the connector configuration properties:

```none
confluent connect plugin describe <connector-plugin-name>
```

The command output shows the required and optional configuration properties.

#### Step 3: Create the connector configuration file

Create a JSON file that contains the connector configuration properties. The following example shows required and optional connector properties.

```none
{
    "name": "redshift-sink-connector",
    "connector.class": "RedshiftSink",
    "kafka.auth.mode": "KAFKA_API_KEY",
    "kafka.api.key": "<my-kafka-api-key>",
    "kafka.api.secret": "<my-kafka-api-secret>",
    "topics": "<topic-name>",
    "input.data.format": "AVRO",
    "aws.redshift.domain": "<cluster-name>.<cluster-id>.<region>.redshift.amazonaws.com",
    "aws.redshift.port": "5439",
    "aws.redshift.user": "<redshift-username>",
    "aws.redshift.password": "<redshift-user-password>",
    "aws.redshift.database": "<redshift-database-name>",
    "db.timezone": "UTC",
    "auto.create": "true",
    "auto.evolve": "true",
    "tasks.max": "1"
}
```

Note the following property definitions:

* `"name"`: Sets a name for your new connector.
* `"connector.class"`: Identifies the connector plugin name.

* `"kafka.auth.mode"`: Identifies the connector authentication mode you want to use. There are two options: `SERVICE_ACCOUNT` or `KAFKA_API_KEY` (the default). To use an API key and secret, specify the configuration properties `kafka.api.key` and `kafka.api.secret`, as shown in the example configuration (above).  To use a [service account](service-account.md#s3-cloud-service-account), specify the **Resource ID** in the property `kafka.service.account.id=<service-account-resource-ID>`. To list the available service account resource IDs, use the following command:
  ```bash
  confluent iam service-account list
  ```

  For example:
  ```bash
  confluent iam service-account list

     Id     | Resource ID |       Name        |    Description
  +---------+-------------+-------------------+-------------------
     123456 | sa-l1r23m   | sa-1              | Service account 1
     789101 | sa-l4d56p   | sa-2              | Service account 2
  ```

* `"topics"`: Identifies the topic name or a comma-separated list of topic names.
* `"input.data.format"`:  Sets the input Kafka record value format (data coming from the Kafka topic). Valid entries are **AVRO**, **JSON_SR**, or **PROTOBUF**. You must have Confluent Cloud Schema Registry configured if using a schema-based message format (for example, Avro, JSON_SR (JSON Schema), or Protobuf).
* `aws.redshift.domain`: This is the domain path to the cluster leader node.
  The Redshift domain entered must be in the form:
  `<cluster-name>.<cluster-id>.<region>.redshift.amazonaws.com`.
* `"db.timezone"`: (Optional) The timezone for the database. Defaults to `UTC`. For a list of valid entries, see [tz database time zones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones).
* `"auto.create"` (tables) and `"auto-evolve"` (columns): (Optional) Sets whether to automatically create tables or columns if they are missing relative to the input record schema. If not entered in the configuration, both default to `"false"`.
* `"tasks.max"`: Maximum number of tasks the connector can run. See Confluent Cloud [connector limitations](limits.md#cc-amazon-redshift-sink-limits) for additional task information.

**SMTs**: For details about adding SMTs using the Confluent CLI, see the [Single Message Transformations](single-message-transforms.md#cc-single-message-transforms) documentation.

See [Configuration Properties](#cc-amazon-redshift-sink-config-properties) for all property values and
definitions.

#### Step 4: Load the configuration file and create the connector

Enter the following command to load the configuration and start the connector:

```none
confluent connect cluster create --config-file <file-name>.json
```

For example:

```none
confluent connect cluster create --config-file redshift-sink-config.json
```

Example output:

```none
Created connector redshift-sink-connector lcc-ix4dl
```

#### Step 5: Check the connector status

Enter the following command to check the connector status:

```none
confluent connect cluster list
```

Example output:

```none
ID          |       Name              | Status  | Type
+-----------+-------------------------+---------+------+
lcc-ix4dl   | redshift-sink-connector | RUNNING | sink
```

#### Step 6: Check the results in Redshift.

1. From the [AWS Management Console](https://aws.amazon.com/console/), go to your Redshift project.
2. Verify that new records are being added to the database.

For more information and examples to use with the Confluent Cloud API for Connect,
see the [Confluent Cloud API for Connect Usage Examples](connect-api-section.md#ccloud-connect-api) section.

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## AWS Redshift IAM Permission Policy

For Redshift cluster, attach the following IAM permission policy to your IAM role that you
have integrated with provider integration:

```json
{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "redshift:GetClusterCredentials",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:redshift:*:*:dbuser:<db-user>/<db-name>",
        "arn:aws:redshift:*:*:dbname:<db-user>/<db-name>"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

Replace the `db-user` and `db-name` placeholders in the policy with the relevant
values for your Redshift cluster.

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## Configuration Properties

Use the following configuration properties with the fully managed connector. For
self-managed connector property definitions and other details, see the connector
docs in [Self-managed connectors for Confluent Platform](/platform/current/connect/kafka_connectors.html).

### How should we connect to your data?

`name`
: Sets a name for your connector.
  <br/>
  * Type: string
  * Valid Values: A string at most 64 characters long
  * Importance: high

### Schema Config

`schema.context.name`
: Add a schema context name. A schema context represents an independent scope in Schema Registry. It is a separate sub-schema tied to topics in different Kafka clusters that share the same Schema Registry instance. If not used, the connector uses the default schema configured for Schema Registry in your Confluent Cloud environment.
  <br/>
  * Type: string
  * Default: default
  * Importance: medium

### Input messages

`input.data.format`
: Sets the input Kafka record value format. Valid entries are AVRO, JSON_SR and PROTOBUF. Note that you need to have Confluent Cloud Schema Registry configured
  <br/>
  * Type: string
  * Importance: high

### Kafka Cluster credentials

`kafka.auth.mode`
: Kafka Authentication mode. It can be one of KAFKA_API_KEY or SERVICE_ACCOUNT. It defaults to KAFKA_API_KEY mode, whenever possible.
  <br/>
  * Type: string
  * Valid Values: SERVICE_ACCOUNT, KAFKA_API_KEY
  * Importance: high

`kafka.api.key`
: Kafka API Key. Required when kafka.auth.mode==KAFKA_API_KEY.
  <br/>
  * Type: password
  * Importance: high

`kafka.service.account.id`
: The Service Account that will be used to generate the API keys to communicate with Kafka Cluster.
  <br/>
  * Type: string
  * Importance: high

`kafka.api.secret`
: Secret associated with Kafka API key. Required when kafka.auth.mode==KAFKA_API_KEY.
  <br/>
  * Type: password
  * Importance: high

### Auth Mode

`authentication.method`
: Select how you want to authenticate the DB. Username Password or AWS IAM Roles.
  <br/>
  * Type: string
  * Default: Password
  * Importance: high

`provider.integration.id`
: Select an existing integration that has access to your resource. In case you need to integrate a new IAM role, use provider integration
  <br/>
  * Type: string
  * Importance: high

`aws.redshift.password`
: Password to authenticate with the database.
  <br/>
  * Type: password
  * Importance: high

### Which topics do you want to get data from?

`topics.regex`
: A regular expression that matches the names of the topics to consume from. This is useful when you want to consume from multiple topics that match a certain pattern without having to list them all individually.
  <br/>
  * Type: string
  * Importance: low

`topics`
: Identifies the topic name or a comma-separated list of topic names.
  <br/>
  * Type: list
  * Importance: high

`errors.deadletterqueue.topic.name`
: The name of the topic to be used as the dead letter queue (DLQ) for messages that result in an error when processed by this sink connector, or its transformations or converters. Defaults to ‘dlq-${connector}’ if not set. The DLQ topic will be created automatically if it does not exist. You can provide `${connector}` in the value to use it as a placeholder for the logical cluster ID.
  <br/>
  * Type: string
  * Default: dlq-${connector}
  * Importance: low

### How should we connect to your Redshift?

`aws.redshift.domain`
: The domain leader node for the cluster. The domain entered must be in the form: <cluster-name>.<cluster-id>.<region>.redshift.amazonaws.com
  <br/>
  * Type: string
  * Importance: high

`aws.redshift.port`
: Port number for incoming connections to the leader.
  <br/>
  * Type: int
  * Default: 5439
  * Valid Values: [0,…,65535]
  * Importance: high

`aws.redshift.user`
: Username to authenticate with the database.
  <br/>
  * Type: string
  * Importance: high

`aws.redshift.database`
: Name of the database on the cluster.
  <br/>
  * Type: string
  * Importance: high

### Database details

`table.name.format`
: A format string for the destination table name, which may contain ‘${topic}’ as a placeholder for the originating topic name.
  <br/>
  For example, kafka_${topic} for the topic ‘orders’ will map to the table name ‘kafka_orders’.
  <br/>
  * Type: string
  * Default: ${topic}
  * Importance: medium

`db.timezone`
: Name of the JDBC timezone that should be used in the connector when inserting time-based values. Defaults to UTC.
  <br/>
  * Type: string
  * Default: UTC
  * Importance: medium

### Connection details

`batch.size`
: Specifies how many records to attempt to batch together for insertion into the destination table.
  <br/>
  * Type: int
  * Default: 3000
  * Valid Values: [1,…,5000]
  * Importance: medium

### SQL/DDL Support

`auto.create`
: Whether to automatically create the destination table if it is missing.
  <br/>
  * Type: boolean
  * Default: false
  * Importance: medium

`auto.evolve`
: Whether to automatically add columns in the table if they are missing.
  <br/>
  * Type: boolean
  * Default: false
  * Importance: medium

### Consumer configuration

`max.poll.interval.ms`
: The maximum delay between subsequent consume requests to Kafka. This configuration property may be used to improve the performance of the connector, if the connector cannot send records to the sink system. Defaults to 300000 milliseconds (5 minutes).
  <br/>
  * Type: long
  * Default: 300000 (5 minutes)
  * Valid Values: [60000,…,1800000] for non-dedicated clusters and [60000,…] for dedicated clusters
  * Importance: low

`max.poll.records`
: The maximum number of records to consume from Kafka in a single request. This configuration property may be used to improve the performance of the connector, if the connector cannot send records to the sink system. Defaults to 500 records.
  <br/>
  * Type: long
  * Default: 500
  * Valid Values: [1,…,500] for non-dedicated clusters and [1,…] for dedicated clusters
  * Importance: low

### Number of tasks for this connector

`tasks.max`
: Maximum number of tasks for the connector.
  <br/>
  * Type: int
  * Valid Values: [1,…]
  * Importance: high

### Additional Configs

`consumer.override.auto.offset.reset`
: Defines the behavior of the consumer when there is no committed position (which occurs when the group is first initialized) or when an offset is out of range. You can choose either to reset the position to the “earliest” offset (the default) or the “latest” offset. You can also select “none” if you would rather set the initial offset yourself and you are willing to handle out of range errors manually. More details: [https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/installation/configuration/consumer-configs.html#auto-offset-reset](https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/installation/configuration/consumer-configs.html#auto-offset-reset)
  <br/>
  * Type: string
  * Importance: low

`consumer.override.isolation.level`
: Controls how to read messages written transactionally. If set to read_committed, consumer.poll() will only return transactional messages which have been committed. If set to read_uncommitted (the default), consumer.poll() will return all messages, even transactional messages which have been aborted. Non-transactional messages will be returned unconditionally in either mode.  More details: [https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/installation/configuration/consumer-configs.html#isolation-level](https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/installation/configuration/consumer-configs.html#isolation-level)
  <br/>
  * Type: string
  * Importance: low

`header.converter`
: The converter class for the headers. This is used to serialize and deserialize the headers of the messages.
  <br/>
  * Type: string
  * Importance: low

`key.converter.use.schema.guid`
: The schema GUID to use for deserialization when using ConfigSchemaIdDeserializer. This allows you to specify a fixed schema GUID to be used for deserializing message keys. Only applicable when key.converter.key.schema.id.deserializer is set to ConfigSchemaIdDeserializer.
  <br/>
  * Type: string
  * Importance: low

`key.converter.use.schema.id`
: The schema ID to use for deserialization when using ConfigSchemaIdDeserializer. This allows you to specify a fixed schema ID to be used for deserializing message keys. Only applicable when key.converter.key.schema.id.deserializer is set to ConfigSchemaIdDeserializer.
  <br/>
  * Type: int
  * Importance: low

`value.converter.allow.optional.map.keys`
: Allow optional string map key when converting from Connect Schema to Avro Schema. Applicable for Avro Converters.
  <br/>
  * Type: boolean
  * Importance: low

`value.converter.auto.register.schemas`
: Specify if the Serializer should attempt to register the Schema.
  <br/>
  * Type: boolean
  * Importance: low

`value.converter.connect.meta.data`
: Allow the Connect converter to add its metadata to the output schema. Applicable for Avro Converters.
  <br/>
  * Type: boolean
  * Importance: low

`value.converter.enhanced.avro.schema.support`
: Enable enhanced schema support to preserve package information and Enums. Applicable for Avro Converters.
  <br/>
  * Type: boolean
  * Importance: low

`value.converter.enhanced.protobuf.schema.support`
: Enable enhanced schema support to preserve package information. Applicable for Protobuf Converters.
  <br/>
  * Type: boolean
  * Importance: low

`value.converter.flatten.unions`
: Whether to flatten unions (oneofs). Applicable for Protobuf Converters.
  <br/>
  * Type: boolean
  * Importance: low

`value.converter.generate.index.for.unions`
: Whether to generate an index suffix for unions. Applicable for Protobuf Converters.
  <br/>
  * Type: boolean
  * Importance: low

`value.converter.generate.struct.for.nulls`
: Whether to generate a struct variable for null values. Applicable for Protobuf Converters.
  <br/>
  * Type: boolean
  * Importance: low

`value.converter.int.for.enums`
: Whether to represent enums as integers. Applicable for Protobuf Converters.
  <br/>
  * Type: boolean
  * Importance: low

`value.converter.latest.compatibility.strict`
: Verify latest subject version is backward compatible when use.latest.version is true.
  <br/>
  * Type: boolean
  * Importance: low

`value.converter.object.additional.properties`
: Whether to allow additional properties for object schemas. Applicable for JSON_SR Converters.
  <br/>
  * Type: boolean
  * Importance: low

`value.converter.optional.for.nullables`
: Whether nullable fields should be specified with an optional label. Applicable for Protobuf Converters.
  <br/>
  * Type: boolean
  * Importance: low

`value.converter.optional.for.proto2`
: Whether proto2 optionals are supported. Applicable for Protobuf Converters.
  <br/>
  * Type: boolean
  * Importance: low

`value.converter.scrub.invalid.names`
: Whether to scrub invalid names by replacing invalid characters with valid characters. Applicable for Avro and Protobuf Converters.
  <br/>
  * Type: boolean
  * Importance: low

`value.converter.use.latest.version`
: Use latest version of schema in subject for serialization when auto.register.schemas is false.
  <br/>
  * Type: boolean
  * Importance: low

`value.converter.use.optional.for.nonrequired`
: Whether to set non-required properties to be optional. Applicable for JSON_SR Converters.
  <br/>
  * Type: boolean
  * Importance: low

`value.converter.use.schema.guid`
: The schema GUID to use for deserialization when using ConfigSchemaIdDeserializer. This allows you to specify a fixed schema GUID to be used for deserializing message values. Only applicable when value.converter.value.schema.id.deserializer is set to ConfigSchemaIdDeserializer.
  <br/>
  * Type: string
  * Importance: low

`value.converter.use.schema.id`
: The schema ID to use for deserialization when using ConfigSchemaIdDeserializer. This allows you to specify a fixed schema ID to be used for deserializing message values. Only applicable when value.converter.value.schema.id.deserializer is set to ConfigSchemaIdDeserializer.
  <br/>
  * Type: int
  * Importance: low

`value.converter.wrapper.for.nullables`
: Whether nullable fields should use primitive wrapper messages. Applicable for Protobuf Converters.
  <br/>
  * Type: boolean
  * Importance: low

`value.converter.wrapper.for.raw.primitives`
: Whether a wrapper message should be interpreted as a raw primitive at root level. Applicable for Protobuf Converters.
  <br/>
  * Type: boolean
  * Importance: low

`errors.tolerance`
: Use this property if you would like to configure the connector’s error handling behavior. WARNING: This property should be used with CAUTION for SOURCE CONNECTORS as it may lead to dataloss. If you set this property to ‘all’, the connector will not fail on errant records, but will instead log them (and send to DLQ for Sink Connectors) and continue processing. If you set this property to ‘none’, the connector task will fail on errant records.
  <br/>
  * Type: string
  * Default: all
  * Importance: low

`key.converter.key.schema.id.deserializer`
: The class name of the schema ID deserializer for keys. This is used to deserialize schema IDs from the message headers.
  <br/>
  * Type: string
  * Default: io.confluent.kafka.serializers.schema.id.DualSchemaIdDeserializer
  * Importance: low

`key.converter.key.subject.name.strategy`
: How to construct the subject name for key schema registration.
  <br/>
  * Type: string
  * Default: TopicNameStrategy
  * Importance: low

`value.converter.decimal.format`
: Specify the JSON/JSON_SR serialization format for Connect DECIMAL logical type values with two allowed literals:
  <br/>
  BASE64 to serialize DECIMAL logical types as base64 encoded binary data and
  <br/>
  NUMERIC to serialize Connect DECIMAL logical type values in JSON/JSON_SR as a number representing the decimal value.
  <br/>
  * Type: string
  * Default: BASE64
  * Importance: low

`value.converter.flatten.singleton.unions`
: Whether to flatten singleton unions. Applicable for Avro and JSON_SR Converters.
  <br/>
  * Type: boolean
  * Default: false
  * Importance: low

`value.converter.ignore.default.for.nullables`
: When set to true, this property ensures that the corresponding record in Kafka is NULL, instead of showing the default column value. Applicable for AVRO,PROTOBUF and JSON_SR Converters.
  <br/>
  * Type: boolean
  * Default: false
  * Importance: low

`value.converter.reference.subject.name.strategy`
: Set the subject reference name strategy for value. Valid entries are DefaultReferenceSubjectNameStrategy or QualifiedReferenceSubjectNameStrategy. Note that the subject reference name strategy can be selected only for PROTOBUF format with the default strategy being DefaultReferenceSubjectNameStrategy.
  <br/>
  * Type: string
  * Default: DefaultReferenceSubjectNameStrategy
  * Importance: low

`value.converter.value.schema.id.deserializer`
: The class name of the schema ID deserializer for values. This is used to deserialize schema IDs from the message headers.
  <br/>
  * Type: string
  * Default: io.confluent.kafka.serializers.schema.id.DualSchemaIdDeserializer
  * Importance: low

`value.converter.value.subject.name.strategy`
: Determines how to construct the subject name under which the value schema is registered with Schema Registry.
  <br/>
  * Type: string
  * Default: TopicNameStrategy
  * Importance: low

### Auto-restart policy

`auto.restart.on.user.error`
: Enable connector to automatically restart on user-actionable errors.
  <br/>
  * Type: boolean
  * Default: true
  * Importance: medium

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