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Connect Source Configurations

This topic provides configuration parameters available for Confluent Platform. The parameters are organized by order of importance, ranked from high to low.

Name Description Type Default Valid Values Importance
nameGlobally unique name to use for this connector.stringnon-empty string without ISO control charactershigh
connector.className or alias of the class for this connector. Must be a subclass of org.apache.kafka.connect.connector.Connector. If the connector is org.apache.kafka.connect.file.FileStreamSinkConnector, you can either specify this full name, or use "FileStreamSink" or "FileStreamSinkConnector" to make the configuration a bit shorterstringhigh
tasks.maxMaximum number of tasks to use for this connector.int1[1,...]high
key.converterConverter class used to convert between Kafka Connect format and the serialized form that is written to Kafka. This controls the format of the keys in messages written to or read from Kafka, and since this is independent of connectors it allows any connector to work with any serialization format. Examples of common formats include JSON and Avro.classnulllow
value.converterConverter class used to convert between Kafka Connect format and the serialized form that is written to Kafka. This controls the format of the values in messages written to or read from Kafka, and since this is independent of connectors it allows any connector to work with any serialization format. Examples of common formats include JSON and Avro.classnulllow
header.converterHeaderConverter class used to convert between Kafka Connect format and the serialized form that is written to Kafka. This controls the format of the header values in messages written to or read from Kafka, and since this is independent of connectors it allows any connector to work with any serialization format. Examples of common formats include JSON and Avro. By default, the SimpleHeaderConverter is used to serialize header values to strings and deserialize them by inferring the schemas.classnulllow
config.action.reloadThe action that Connect should take on the connector when changes in external configuration providers result in a change in the connector's configuration properties. A value of 'none' indicates that Connect will do nothing. A value of 'restart' indicates that Connect should restart/reload the connector with the updated configuration properties.The restart may actually be scheduled in the future if the external configuration provider indicates that a configuration value will expire in the future.stringrestart[none, restart]low
transformsAliases for the transformations to be applied to records.list""non-null string, unique transformation aliaseslow
errors.retry.timeoutThe maximum duration in milliseconds that a failed operation will be reattempted. The default is 0, which means no retries will be attempted. Use -1 for infinite retries.long0medium
errors.retry.delay.max.msThe maximum duration in milliseconds between consecutive retry attempts. Jitter will be added to the delay once this limit is reached to prevent thundering herd issues.long60000medium
errors.toleranceBehavior for tolerating errors during connector operation. 'none' is the default value and signals that any error will result in an immediate connector task failure; 'all' changes the behavior to skip over problematic records.stringnone[none, all]medium
errors.log.enableIf true, write each error and the details of the failed operation and problematic record to the Connect application log. This is 'false' by default, so that only errors that are not tolerated are reported.booleanfalsemedium
errors.log.include.messagesWhether to the include in the log the Connect record that resulted in a failure. This is 'false' by default, which will prevent record keys, values, and headers from being written to log files, although some information such as topic and partition number will still be logged.booleanfalsemedium