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RabbitMQ Source Connector¶

The RabbitMQ Source connector is used to read data from a RabbitMQ queue or topic and persist the data in a Kafka topic.

Warning

The queue or topic that this connector will be reading from must exist prior to starting the connector.

Important

All of the headers that are associated with each message from RabbitMQ are prefixed with rabbitmq. and copied over to each of the records that are produced to Kafka. Due to this your configured message format must support headers.

Note

This connector is based on the AMQP protocol so it may work with other servers that implement this protocol.

Examples¶

Property based example¶

This configuration is used typically along with standalone workers.

name=RabbitMQSourceConnector1
connector.class=io.confluent.connect.rabbitmq.RabbitMQSourceConnector
tasks.max=1
kafka.topic=< Required Configuration >
rabbitmq.queue=< Required Configuration >

Rest based example¶

This configuration is used typically along with distributed workers. Write the following json to connector.json, configure all of the required values, and use the command below to post the configuration to one the distributed connect worker(s). Check here for more information about the Kafka Connect Rest API

Connect Distributed REST example¶

{
  "config" : {
    "name" : "RabbitMQSourceConnector1",
    "connector.class" : "io.confluent.connect.rabbitmq.RabbitMQSourceConnector",
    "tasks.max" : "1",
    "kafka.topic" : "< Required Configuration >",
    "rabbitmq.queue" : "< Required Configuration >"
  }
}

Use curl to post the configuration to one of the Kafka Connect Workers. Change http://localhost:8083/ the the endpoint of one of your Kafka Connect worker(s).

Create a new connector¶

curl -s -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' --data @connector.json http://localhost:8083/connectors

Update an existing connector¶

curl -s -X PUT -H 'Content-Type: application/json' --data @connector.json http://localhost:8083/connectors/RabbitMQSourceConnector1/config