Configuring Kafka Connector
Kafka Connector is a component of
VMware Telco
Cloud Service Assurance
, which provides ability to recreate metrics, events, and
topology data from respective topics on internal VMware Telco
Cloud Service Assurance
Kafka bus to an external Kafka
bus.- Navigate toAdministration>Configuration>Collectors and Connectors.
- From the Outboud Connectors section, clickAdd.
- ClickSelect.
- From the Connector Selection page, selectkafka-connector.Thekafka Connector Configurationpage is displayed.
- Enter the name of the Kafka connector inName of the connectortext box.
- Enter the source Kafka topic type inTopicstext box.
- SelectMetrics, if type of the connector is Metrics.
- SelectEvents, if type of the connector is Events.
- SelectTopology, if the type of connector is Topology.
- Enter the destination topic name for the events topic (by default same names as in source Kafka topicvsa_events) inTarget Events Topic Name.
- Enter the destination topic name for the metrics topic (by default same names as in source Kafka topicvsa_metrics) inTarget Metrics Topic Name.
- Enter the destination topic name for the topology topic (by default same names as in source Kafka topicinv_topo) inTarget Topology Topic Name.
- Enter the destination Kafka broker detail inBootstrap serverstext box.
- To enable Transport Layer Security (TLS), select theTransport Layer Security (TLS)toggle button.To upload the mandatory security certificate from your local machine, clickUpload TLS certificate.
- To enable Authentication, select theAuthenticationtoggle button.Select the authentication type from following and provide the respective details:
- Plain: Provide user name and password.
- SCRAM-SHA-512: Provide user name and password.
- TLS: Upload TLS Certificate and TLS Key from your local machine.
- OAuth: Depending on the selection of OAuth Type, other mandatory fields are mentioned in the table:OAuth TypeMandatory FieldsClient SecretProvide Client ID and Client Secret details.Refresh TokenProvide Client ID and Refresh Token details.Access TokenProvide Access Token details.
- Following table lists theAdvanced configurationparameters details:Input parameterDescriptionDefault valueReplication FactorProvide the replication factor for the internal topics and replicated topics.1Number of ThreadsProvide the maximum number of tasks for the Kafka Connector. Value range is 4-16.4Refresh IntervalProvide the frequency of topic refresh.20 secondsLogging LevelSelect from:
- Info
- Debug
InfoResources LimitsCPU (M)Provide the CPU speed in MHz. Value range is 4000m-8000m.4000Memory (Mi)Provide the memory value in Mi units. Value range is 4096Mi - 12288Mi.4096Resources RequestsCPU (M)Provide the CPU speed in MHz. Value range is 500 m -4000 m.2000Memory (Mi)Provide the memory value in Mi units. Value range is 4512Mi - 4096Mi.2048For the different footprints following table lists the recommended CPU and Memory values for the connectors:Recommended CPU and Memory for ConnectorFootprintResourcesRequestLimit25KCPU24MEMORY2GB4GB50KCPU36MEMORY4GB8GB100KCPU48MEMORY4GB8GB - To create connector, clickCreate Connector.