Connector Configuration
This section describes how and where connectors are configured.
Connector configurations are key-value mappings. For standalone mode, these parameters are defined in a properties file and passed to the Connect process on the command line. In distributed mode, they will be included in the JSON payload for the request that creates (or modifies) the connector. Most configurations are connector dependent, but there are a few settings common to all connectors:
- name - Unique name for the connector. Attempting to register again with the same name will fail.
- connector.class - The Java class for the connector
- tasks.max - The maximum number of tasks that should be created for this connector. The connector may create fewer tasks if it cannot achieve this level of parallelism.
Sink connectors also have one additional option to control their input:
- topics - A list of topics to use as input for this connector
For other options, consult the documentation for the JDBC and HDFS connectors. See JDBC Connector and HDFS Connector.