MySQL CDC Source (Debezium) Connector for Confluent Cloud¶

Note

MariaDB is not currently supported. See the Debezium docs for more information.
If you are installing the connector locally for Confluent Platform, see Debezium MySQL Source connector for Confluent Platform.

The Kafka Connect MySQL Change Data Capture (CDC) Source (Debezium) connector for Confluent Cloud can obtain a snapshot of the existing data in a MySQL database and then monitor and record all subsequent row-level changes to that data. The connector supports Avro, JSON Schema, Protobuf, or JSON (schemaless) output data formats. All of the events for each table are recorded in a separate Apache Kafka® topic. The events can then be easily consumed by applications and services.

Features¶

The MySQL CDC Source (Debezium) connector provides the following features:

Topics created automatically: The connector automatically creates Kafka topics using the naming convention: <database.server.name>.<schemaName>.<tableName>. The tables are created with the properties: topic.creation.default.partitions=1 and topic.creation.default.replication.factor=3. For more information, see Maximum message size.
Databases included and Databases excluded: Sets whether a database is or is not monitored for changes. By default, the connector monitors every database on the server.
Tables included and Tables excluded: Sets whether a table is or is not monitored for changes.
Output formats: The connector supports Avro, JSON Schema, Protobuf, or JSON (schemaless) output Kafka record value format. It supports Avro, JSON Schema, Protobuf, JSON (schemaless), and String output record key format. Schema Registry must be enabled to use a Schema Registry-based format (for example, Avro, JSON_SR (JSON Schema), or Protobuf). See Environment Limitations for additional information.
Tasks per connector: Organizations can run multiple connectors with a limit of one task per connector (that is, "tasks.max": "1").
Snapshot mode: Specifies the criteria for running a snapshot.
Tombstones on delete: Sets whether a tombstone event is generated after a delete event. Default is true.
Database authentication: Uses password authentication.
SSL support: Supports one-way SSL.
Data formats: Supports Avro, JSON Schema, Protobuf, or JSON (schemaless) output data. Schema Registry must be enabled to use a Schema Registry-based format (for example, Avro, JSON_SR (JSON Schema), or Protobuf). See Environment Limitations for additional information.

Note

database.server.id is set to a random number between 5400 and 6400.

For more information and examples to use with the Confluent Cloud API for Connect, see the Confluent Cloud API for Connect section.

Limitations¶

Be sure to review the following information.

For connector limitations, see MySQL CDC Source Connector (Debezium) limitations.
If you plan to use one or more Single Message Transforms (SMTs), see SMT Limitations.
If you plan to use Confluent Cloud Schema Registry, see Environment Limitations.

Maximum message size¶

This connector creates topics automatically. When it creates topics, the internal connector configuration property max.message.size is set to the following:

Basic cluster: 2 MB
Standard cluster: 2 MB
Dedicated cluster: 20 MB

For more information about Confluent Cloud clusters, see Confluent Cloud Features and Limits by Cluster Type.

Quick Start¶

Use this quick start to get up and running with the MySQL CDC Source (Debezium) connector. The quick start provides the basics of selecting the connector and configuring it to obtain a snapshot of the existing data in a MySQL database and then monitoring and recording all subsequent row-level changes.

Prerequisites

Authorized access to a Confluent Cloud cluster on Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure (Azure), or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
The Confluent CLI installed and configured for the cluster. See Install the Confluent CLI.
Schema Registry must be enabled to use a Schema Registry-based format (for example, Avro, JSON_SR (JSON Schema), or Protobuf). See Environment Limitations for additional information.
Public access may be required for your database. See Network Access for details. The example below shows the AWS Management Console when setting up a MySQL database.

Public access enabled¶
For networking considerations, see Networking and DNS Considerations. To use static egress IPs, see Static Egress IP Addresses. The example below shows the AWS Management Console when setting up security group rules for the VPC.

Open inbound traffic¶

Note

See your specific cloud platform documentation for how to configure security rules for your VPC.

Kafka cluster credentials. The following lists the different ways you can provide credentials.
- Enter an existing service account resource ID.
- Create a Confluent Cloud service account for the connector. Make sure to review the ACL entries required in the service account documentation. 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 or you can autogenerate the API key and secret directly in the Cloud Console when setting up the connector.
Update the following settings for the MySQL database.
1. Turn on backup for the database.
2. Create a new parameter group and set the following parameters:
```
binlog_format=ROW
binlog_row_image=full
```
3. Apply the new parameter group to the database.
4. Reboot the database.
The following example screens are from Amazon RDS:

Using the Confluent Cloud Console¶

Step 1: Launch your Confluent Cloud cluster.¶

See the Quick Start for Apache Kafka using Confluent Cloud for installation instructions.

Step 2: Add a connector.¶

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

Step 3: Select your connector.¶

Click the MySQL CDC Source connector icon.

Step 4: Set up the connection.¶

Complete the following and click Continue.

Note

Make sure you have all your prerequisites completed.
An asterisk ( * ) designates a required entry.

Enter a connector name.
Select the way you want to provide Kafka Cluster credentials. You can either select a service account resource ID or you can enter an API key and secret (or generate these in the Cloud Console).
Add the database connection details.

Important

Do not include jdbc:xxxx:// in the connection hostname property. The example below shows a sample host address.

The default SSL mode is preferred. When preferred is enabled, the connector attempts to use an encrypted connection to the database server. The options preferred and required use a secure (encrypted) connection. The connector fails if a secure connection cannot be established. These modes do not do Certification Authority (CA) validation.
Add optional Database details.
- Databases included: Enter a comma-separated list of fully-qualified database identifiers for the connector to monitor. By default, the connector monitors all databases on the server. A fully-qualified database name is in the form <database-name>. This can’t be used with Databases excluded.
- Databases excluded: Enter a comma-separated list of fully-qualified database identifiers for the connector to ignore. By default, the connector monitors all databases on the server. A fully-qualified database name is in the form <database-name>. This can’t be used with Databases included.
- Connection timezone: Enter a valid time zone ID for the database location and server connection. For more information, see ZoneID.
- Tables included: Enter a comma-separated list of fully-qualified table identifiers for the connector to monitor. By default, the connector monitors all non-system tables. A fully-qualified table name is in the form schemaName.tableName. This can’t be used with Tables excluded.
- Propagate Source Types by Data Type: Enter a comma-separated list of regular expressions matching database-specific data types. The property adds the data type’s original type and original length (as parameters) to the corresponding field schemas in the emitted change records.
- Tables excluded: Enter a comma-separated list of fully-qualified table identifiers for the connector to ignore. A fully-qualified table name is in the form schemaName.tableName. This can’t be used Tables included.
- Snapshot mode: Specifies the criteria for performing a database snapshot when the connector starts.
  - The default option is initial. When selected, the connector takes a snapshot of the structure and data from captured tables. This is useful if you want the topics populated with a complete representation of captured table data when the connector starts.
  - never: Specifies that the connector should never perform snapshots, and that when starting for the first time, the connector starts reading from where it last left off.
  - schema_only: The connector completes a snapshot of the schemas and not the data. This option is useful when you do not need the topics to contain a consistent snapshot of the data, but need them to have only the changes since the connector was started.
  - schema_only_recovery: A recovery option for a connector that has already been capturing changes. When you restart the connector, it recovers a corrupted or lost database history topic. You might use this option periodically to clean up a database history topic that has been growing unexpectedly. Database history topics require infinite retention.
  - when_needed specifies that the connector performs a snapshot when it considers a snapshot is needed.
- Snapshot locking mode: Controls how long the connector holds a global read lock as it performs a snapshot. The default is minimal, which means the connector holds the global read lock (preventing any updates) for just the initial portion of the snapshot, while the database schemas and other metadata are being read. The remaining work in a snapshot involves selecting all rows from each table. This is accomplished using a REPEATABLE READ transaction, even when the read lock is off and other operations are updating the database. (Use minimal_percona for a Percona server.) In some cases it may be desirable to block all writes for the entire duration of the snapshot. In a case like this, set this property to extended. The option none prevents the connector from acquiring any table locks during the snapshot. While this setting is allowed with all snapshot modes, it is safe to use only if no schema changes are happening while the snapshot is running. Note that for tables defined with the MyISAM engine, the tables are locked regardless of this property’s setting, since MyISAM acquires a table lock. This behavior is unlike the InnoDB engine, which acquires row level locks.
- Tombstones on delete: Configure whether a tombstone event should be generated after a delete event. The default is true.
- Columns Excluded: An optional, comma-separated list of regular expressions that match the fully-qualified names of columns to exclude from change event record values. Fully-qualified names for columns are in the form databaseName.tableName.columnName.
Add optional Connection details.
- Poll interval (ms): Enter the number of milliseconds (ms) the connector should wait during each iteration for new change events to appear. Defaults to 1000 ms (1 second).
- Max batch size: Enter the maximum number of events the connector batches during each iteration. Defaults to 1000 events.
- Event processing failure handling mode: Specify how the connector reacts to exceptions when processing binlog events. Defaults to fail. Select skip or warn to skip the event or issue a warning, respectively.
- Heartbeat interval (ms): Set the interval time in milliseconds (ms) between heartbeat messages that the connector sends to a Kafka topic. Defaults to 0, which means the connector does not send heartbeat messages.
- Skip unparseable DDL: Set this to true to have the connector ignore malformed or unknown database statements. Set to false to stop processing so these issues can be corrected. Defaults to false. Consider setting this to true to ignore unparseable statements.
- Event deserialization failure handling mode: Specify how the connector reacts to exceptions when deserializing binlog events. Defaults to fail. Select skip or warn to skip the event or issue a warning, respectively.
- Inconsistent schema handling mode: Specify how the connector reacts to binlog events that belong to a table missing from the internal schema representation. Defaults to fail. Select skip or warn to skip the event or issue a warning, respectively.
Add optional Connector details:
- Provide transaction metadata: Select whether transaction metadata is enabled. Transaction metadata is stored in a dedicated Kafka topic. Defaults to false.
- Decimal handling mode: Specify how DECIMAL and NUMERIC columns are represented in change events. precise (the default) uses java.math.BigDecimal to represent values. The values are encoded in change events using a binary representation and the Connect org.apache.kafka.connect.data.Decimal data type. Select string to use string type to represent values. double represents values using Java’s double data type. double does not provide precision, but is much easier to use in consumers.
- Binary handling mode: Specify how binary (blob, binary) columns are represented in change events. Select bytes (the default) to represent binary data in byte array format. Select base64 to represent binary data in base64-encoded string format. Select hex to represent binary data in hex-encoded (base16) string format.
- Time precision mode: Time, date, and timestamps can be represented with different kinds of precision. adaptive_time_microseconds is similar to adaptive precision with all TIME fields using microseconds precision. connect (the default) always represents time, date, and timestamp values using Connect’s built-in representations for Time, Date, and Timestamp. connect uses millisecond precision regardless of what precision is used for the database columns. For more information, see Temporal types.
- Topic cleanup policy: Set the topic retention cleanup policy. Select delete (the default) to discard old topics. Select compact to enable log compaction on the topic.
- Bigint Unsigned handling mode: Specify how unsigned BIGINT columns are represented in change events. The options are the data type long (the default) and precise. precise uses java.math.BigDecimal to represent values. The values are encoded in change events using a binary representation and the Connect org.apache.kafka.connect.data.Decimal data type.
- Enable time adjuster: Specify whether the year value conversion is adjusted by the connector (true) or delegated to the database (false). Defaults to true.
Select values for the following Output properties:
- Output Kafka record value format: (coming from the connector): AVRO, JSON (schemaless), JSON_SR (JSON Schema), or PROTOBUF. A valid schema must be available in Schema Registry to use a schema-based record format (for example, Avro, JSON_SR (JSON Schema), or Protobuf).
- After-state only: (Optional) Defaults to true, which results in the Kafka record having only the record state from change events applied. Select false to maintain the prior record states after applying the change events.
- Output Kafka record key format (coming from the connector): AVRO, JSON (schemaless), JSON_SR (JSON Schema), PROTOBUF, or String. A valid schema must be available in Schema Registry to use a schema-based record format (for example, Avro, JSON_SR (JSON Schema), or Protobuf).
- JSON output decimal format: (Optional) Defaults to BASE64.
Enter the number of tasks in use by the connector. Organizations can run multiple connectors with a limit of one task per connector (that is, "tasks.max": "1").
Transforms and Predicates: See the Single Message Transforms (SMT) documentation for details.

See:ref:cc_mysql-cdc-source-config-properties for all properties and definitions.

Step 5: Launch the connector.¶

Verify the connection details and click Launch.

Step 6: Check the connector status.¶

The status for the connector should go from Provisioning to Running. It may take a few minutes.

Step 7: Check the Kafka topic.¶

After the connector is running, verify that messages are populating your Kafka topic.

Note

A topic named dbhistory.<database.server.name>.<connect-id> is automatically created for database.history.kafka.topic with one partition.

For more information and examples to use with the Confluent Cloud API for Connect, see the Confluent Cloud API for Connect 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 completed.
The example commands use Confluent CLI version 2. For more information see, Confluent CLI v2.

Step 1: List the available connectors.¶

Enter the following command to list available connectors:

confluent connect plugin list

Step 2: Show the required connector configuration properties.¶

Enter the following command to show the required connector properties:

confluent connect plugin describe <connector-catalog-name>

For example:

confluent connect plugin describe MySqlCdcSource

Example output:

Following are the required configs:
connector.class: MySqlCdcSource
name
kafka.auth.mode
kafka.api.key
kafka.api.secret
database.hostname
database.user
database.server.name
output.data.format
tasks.max

Step 3: Create the connector configuration file.¶

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

{
  "connector.class": "MySqlCdcSource",
  "name": "MySqlCdcSourceConnector_0",
  "kafka.auth.mode": "KAFKA_API_KEY",
  "kafka.api.key": "****************",
  "kafka.api.secret": "****************************************************************",
  "database.hostname": "database-2.<host-ID>.us-west-2.rds.amazonaws.com",
  "database.port": "3306",
  "database.user": "admin",
  "database.password": "**********",
  "database.server.name": "mysql",
  "database.whitelist": "employee",
  "table.includelist":"employees.departments,
  "snapshot.mode": "initial",
  "output.data.format": "AVRO",
  "tasks.max": "1"
}

Note the following property definitions:

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

"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, 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:
```
confluent iam service-account list
```
For example:
```
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
```
"database.ssl.mode": The default option prefer is enabled if database.ssl.mode is not added to the connector configuration. When prefer is enabled, the connector attempts to use an encrypted connection to the database server. The options prefer and require use a secure (encrypted) connection. The connector fails if a secure connection cannot be established. These modes do not do Certification Authority (CA) validation.
"table.includelist": (Optional) Enter a comma-separated list of fully-qualified table identifiers for the connector to monitor. By default, the connector monitors all non-system tables. A fully-qualified table name is in the form schemaName.tableName.
"column.exclude.list": (Optional) A comma-separated list of regular expressions that match the fully-qualified names of columns to exclude from change event record values. Fully-qualified names for columns are in the form databaseName.tableName.columnName.
"snapshot.mode": (Optional) Specifies the criteria for performing a database snapshot when the connector starts.
- The default option is initial. When selected, the connector takes a snapshot of the structure and data from captured tables. This is useful if you want the topics populated with a complete representation of captured table data when the connector starts.
- never: Specifies that the connector should never perform snapshots, and that when starting for the first time, the connector starts reading from where it last left off.
- when_needed: Specifies that the connector performs a snapshot when it considers a snapshot is needed.
- schema_only: Specifies that the connector completes a snapshot of the schemas and not the data. This option is useful when you do not need the topics to contain a consistent snapshot of the data, but need them to have only the changes since the connector was started.
- schema_only_recovery: A recovery option for a connector that has already been capturing changes. When you restart the connector, it recovers a corrupted or lost database history topic. You might use this option periodically to clean up a database history topic that has been growing unexpectedly.
"snapshot.locking.mode": (Optional) Controls how long the connector holds a global read lock as it performs a snapshot. The default is minimal, which means the connector holds the global read lock (preventing any updates) for just the initial portion of the snapshot, while the database schemas and other metadata are being read. The remaining work in a snapshot involves selecting all rows from each table. This is accomplished using a REPEATABLE READ transaction, even when the read lock is off and other operations are updating the database. (Use minimal_percona for a Percona server.) In some cases it may be desirable to block all writes for the entire duration of the snapshot. In a case like this, set this property to extended. The option none prevents the connector from acquiring any table locks during the snapshot. While this setting is allowed with all snapshot modes, it is safe to use only if no schema changes are happening while the snapshot is running. Note that for tables defined with the MyISAM engine, the tables are locked regardless of this property’s setting, since MyISAM acquires a table lock. This behavior is unlike the InnoDB engine, which acquires row level locks.
"output.data.format": Sets the output Kafka record value format (data coming from the connector). Valid entries are AVRO, JSON_SR, PROTOBUF, or JSON. You must have Confluent Cloud Schema Registry configured if using a schema-based record format (for example, Avro, JSON_SR (JSON Schema), or Protobuf).
"after.state.only": (Optional) Defaults to true, which results in the Kafka record having only the record state from change events applied. Enter false to maintain the prior record states after applying the change events.
"json.output.decimal.format": (Optional) Defaults to BASE64. Specify the JSON/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.
- NUMERIC to serialize Connect DECIMAL logical type values in JSON or JSON_SR as a number representing the decimal value.
"tasks.max": Enter the number of tasks in use by the connector. Organizations can run multiple connectors with a limit of one task per connector (that is, "tasks.max": "1").

Single Message Transforms: See the Single Message Transforms (SMT) documentation for details about adding SMTs using the CLI.

See:ref:cc_mysql-cdc-source-config-properties for all properties and definitions.

Step 4: Load the properties file and create the connector.¶

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

confluent connect create --config <file-name>.json

For example:

confluent connect create --config mysql-cdc-source.json

Example output:

Created connector MySqlCdcSourceConnector_0 lcc-ix4dl

Step 5: Check the connector status.¶

Enter the following command to check the connector status:

confluent connect list

Example output:

ID          |            Name             | Status  |  Type
+-----------+-----------------------------+---------+-------+
lcc-ix4dl   | MySqlCdcSourceConnector_0   | RUNNING | source

Step 6: Check the Kafka topic.¶

After the connector is running, verify that messages are populating your Kafka topic.

Note

A topic named dbhistory.<database.server.name>.<connect-id> is automatically created for database.history.kafka.topic with one partition.

For more information and examples to use with the Confluent Cloud API for Connect, see the Confluent Cloud API for Connect section.

Configuration Properties¶

Use the following configuration properties with this connector.

How should we connect to your data?¶

name

Sets a name for your connector.

Type: string
Valid Values: A string at most 64 characters long
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.

Type: string
Default: KAFKA_API_KEY
Valid Values: KAFKA_API_KEY, SERVICE_ACCOUNT
Importance: high

kafka.api.key

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.

Type: string
Importance: high

kafka.api.secret

Type: password
Importance: high

How should we connect to your database?¶

database.hostname

The address of the MySQL server.

Type: string
Importance: high

database.port

Port number of the MySQL server.

Type: int
Valid Values: [0,…,65535]
Importance: high

database.user

The name of the MySQL server user that has the required authorization.

Type: string
Importance: high

database.password

The password for the MySQL server user that has the required authorization.

Type: password
Importance: high

database.server.name

The logical name of the MySQL server cluster. This logical name forms a namespace and is used in all Kafka topic names and Kafka Connect schema names. The logical name is also used for the namespaces of the corresponding Avro schema, if Avro data format is used. Kafka topics must (and will be) created with the prefix database.server.name. Only alphanumeric characters, underscores, hyphens and dots are allowed.

Type: string
Importance: high

database.ssl.mode

What SSL mode should we use to connect to your database. The default preferred option establishes an encrypted connection if the server supports secure connections. If the server does not support secure connections, it falls back to an unencrypted connection. The required option establishes an encrypted connection or fails if one cannot be made for any reason.

Type: string
Default: preferred
Importance: low

Database details¶

database.include.list

An optional comma-separated list of strings that match database names to be monitored. Any database name not included in the list is excluded from monitoring. By default all databases are monitored. May not be used with database.exclude.list.

Type: list
Importance: medium

database.exclude.list

An optional comma-separated list of strings that match database names to be excluded from monitoring. Any database name not included in the list is monitored. May not be used with database.include.list.

Type: list
Importance: medium

table.include.list

An optional comma-separated list of strings that match fully-qualified table identifiers for tables to be monitored. Any table not included in this config property is excluded from monitoring. Each identifier is in the form schemaName.tableName. By default the connector monitors every non-system table in each monitored schema. May not be used with “Table excluded”.

Type: list
Importance: medium

database.connectionTimeZone

The value must be a valid ZoneId.

Type: string
Importance: low

table.exclude.list

An optional comma-separated list of strings that match fully-qualified table identifiers for tables to be excluded from monitoring. Any table not included in this config property is monitored. Each identifier is in the form schemaName.tableName. May not be used with “Table included”.

Type: list
Importance: medium

datatype.propagate.source.type

A comma-separated list of regular expressions matching the database-specific data type names that adds the data type’s original type and original length as parameters to the corresponding field schemas in the emitted change records.

Type: list
Importance: low

snapshot.mode

Specifies the criteria for running a snapshot when the connector starts. The default setting is initial and specifies that the connector can run a snapshot only when no offsets have been recorded for the logical server name. The when_needed option specifies that the connector run a snapshot upon startup whenever necessary; typically when no offsets are available, or when a previously recorded offset specifies a binlog location or GTID that is not available in the server. The never option specifies that the connect should never use snapshots and that when the connector starts with a logical server name, the connector should read from the beginning of the binlog. Use the never option with care, as it is only valid when the binlog is guaranteed to contain the entire history of the database. The schema_only option performs a snapshot of the schemas and not the data. This setting is useful when you do not need the topics to contain a consistent snapshot of the data but need them to have only the changes since the connector was started. The schema_only_recovery option is a recovery setting for a connector that has already been capturing changes. When you restart the connector, this setting enables recovery of a corrupted or lost database history topic. You might set it periodically to “clean up” a database history topic that has been growing unexpectedly. Database history topics require infinite retention.

Type: string
Default: initial
Valid Values: initial, never, schema_only, schema_only_recovery, when_needed
Importance: low

snapshot.locking.mode

Controls how long the connector holds onto the global read lock while it is performing a snapshot. The default is minimal, which means the connector holds the global read lock (and thus prevents any updates) for just the initial portion of the snapshot, while the database schemas and other metadata are being read. The remaining work in a snapshot involves selecting all rows from each table. This is accomplished using a REPEATABLE READ transaction, even when the lock is no longer held and other operations are updating the database. However, in some cases it may be desirable to block all writes for the entire duration of the snapshot. In this situation, set this property to extended. Using a value of none prevents the connector from acquiring any table locks during the snapshot process. While this setting is allowed with all snapshot modes, it is safe to use if and only if no schema changes are happening while the snapshot is running.

Type: string
Default: minimal
Valid Values: extended, minimal, minimal_percona, none
Importance: low

tombstones.on.delete

Controls whether a tombstone event should be generated after a delete event. When set to true, the delete operations are represented by a delete event and a subsequent tombstone event. When set to false, only a delete event is sent. Emitting the tombstone event (the default behavior) allows Kafka to completely delete all events pertaining to the given key, once the source record got deleted.

Type: boolean
Default: true
Importance: high

column.exclude.list

Regular expressions matching columns to exclude from change events

Type: list
Importance: medium

Connection details¶

poll.interval.ms

Positive integer value that specifies the number of milliseconds the connector should wait during each iteration for new change events to appear. Defaults to 1000 milliseconds, or 1 second.

Type: int
Default: 1000 (1 second)
Valid Values: [1,…]
Importance: low

max.batch.size

Positive integer value that specifies the maximum size of each batch of events that should be processed during each iteration of this connector.

Type: int
Default: 1000
Valid Values: [1,…,5000]
Importance: low

event.processing.failure.handling.mode

Specifies how the connector should react to exceptions during processing of binlog events.

Type: string
Default: fail
Valid Values: fail, skip, warn
Importance: low

heartbeat.interval.ms

Controls how frequently the connector sends heartbeat messages to a Kafka topic. The behavior of default value 0 is that the connector does not send heartbeat messages.

Type: int
Default: 0
Valid Values: [0,…]
Importance: low

database.history.skip.unparseable.ddl

A Boolean value that specifies whether the connector should ignore malformed or unknown database statements (true), or stop processing so a human can fix the issue (false). Defaults to false. Consider setting this to true to ignore unparseable statements.

Type: boolean
Default: false
Importance: low

event.deserialization.failure.handling.mode

Specifies how the connector should react to exceptions during deserialization of binlog events.

Type: string
Default: fail
Valid Values: fail, skip, warn
Importance: medium

inconsistent.schema.handling.mode

Specifies how the connector should react to binlog events that belong to a table missing from internal schema representation.

Type: string
Default: fail
Valid Values: fail, skip, warn
Importance: medium

Connector details¶

provide.transaction.metadata

Stores transaction metadata information in a dedicated topic and enables the transaction metadata extraction together with event counting.

Type: boolean
Default: false
Importance: low

decimal.handling.mode

Specifies how DECIMAL and NUMERIC columns should be represented in change events, including: ‘precise’ (the default) uses java.math.BigDecimal to represent values, which are encoded in the change events using a binary representation and Kafka Connect’s ‘org.apache.kafka.connect.data.Decimal’ type; ‘string’ uses string to represent values; ‘double’ represents values using Java’s ‘double’, which may not offer the precision but will be far easier to use in consumers.

Type: string
Default: precise
Valid Values: double, precise, string
Importance: medium

binary.handling.mode

Specifies how binary (blob, binary, etc.) columns should be represented in change events, including: ‘bytes’ (the default) represents binary data as byte array; ‘base64’ represents binary data as base64-encoded string; ‘hex’ represents binary data as hex-encoded (base16) string.

Type: string
Default: bytes
Valid Values: base64, bytes, hex
Importance: low

time.precision.mode

Time, date, and timestamps can be represented with different kinds of precisions, including: ‘adaptive_time_microseconds’ TIME fields always use microseconds precision; ‘connect’ (the default) always represents time, date, and timestamp values using Kafka Connect’s built-in representations for Time, Date, and Timestamp, which uses millisecond precision regardless of the database columns’ precision.

Type: string
Default: connect
Valid Values: adaptive_time_microseconds, connect
Importance: medium

cleanup.policy

Set the topic cleanup policy

Type: string
Default: delete
Valid Values: compact, delete
Importance: medium

bigint.unsigned.handling.mode

Specifies how BIGINT UNSIGNED columns should be represented in change events.

Type: string
Default: long
Valid Values: long, precise
Importance: medium

enable.time.adjuster

Specifies if the year value conversion is adjusted by the connector or delegated to the database.

Type: boolean
Default: true
Importance: medium

Output messages¶

output.data.format

Sets the output Kafka record value format. Valid entries are AVRO, JSON_SR, PROTOBUF, or JSON. Note that you need to have Confluent Cloud Schema Registry configured if using a schema-based message format like AVRO, JSON_SR, and PROTOBUF.

Type: string
Importance: high

output.key.format

Sets the output Kafka record key format. Valid entries are AVRO, JSON_SR, PROTOBUF, STRING or JSON. Note that you need to have Confluent Cloud Schema Registry configured if using a schema-based message format like AVRO, JSON_SR, and PROTOBUF

Type: string
Default: JSON
Valid Values: AVRO, JSON, JSON_SR, PROTOBUF, STRING
Importance: high

after.state.only

Controls whether the generated Kafka record should contain only the state after applying change events.

Type: boolean
Default: true
Importance: low

json.output.decimal.format

Specify the JSON/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 Connect DECIMAL logical type values in JSON/JSON_SR as a number representing the decimal value.

Type: string
Default: BASE64
Importance: low

Number of tasks for this connector¶

tasks.max

Type: int
Valid Values: [1,…,1]
Importance: high

MySQL CDC Source (Debezium) Connector for Confluent Cloud¶

Features¶

Limitations¶

Maximum message size¶

Quick Start¶

Using the Confluent Cloud Console¶

Step 1: Launch your Confluent Cloud cluster.¶

Step 2: Add a connector.¶

Step 3: Select your connector.¶

Step 4: Set up the connection.¶

Step 5: Launch the connector.¶

Step 6: Check the connector status.¶

Step 7: Check the Kafka topic.¶

Using the Confluent CLI¶

Step 1: List the available connectors.¶

Step 2: Show the required connector configuration properties.¶

Step 3: Create the connector configuration file.¶

Step 4: Load the properties file and create the connector.¶

Step 5: Check the connector status.¶

Step 6: Check the Kafka topic.¶

Configuration Properties¶

How should we connect to your data?¶

Kafka Cluster credentials¶

How should we connect to your database?¶

Database details¶

Connection details¶

Connector details¶

Output messages¶

Number of tasks for this connector¶

Next Steps¶