Kafka Topic
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The page outlines the parameters that should be included in your listener configuration when setting up a real time sync with a Kafka stream source. This process currently supports JSON string or AVRO serialized format.To listen in on multiple topics, you will need to configure multiple listener configs.
To listen in on multiple topics, you will need to configure multiple listener configs.
To set up an Stream Source, you must navigate to the Listener Config table and insert a new row for your data sync (Image 1). Most of the columns within the Listener Config table persist across all Stream Sources, however exceptions will be noted. You can find all of these parameters and their relevant descriptions in the tables below.
The following column parameters can be found in the Listener Config table:
| Parameter | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
Name | Mandatory. Provide a name for your Listener Config. | Kafka Real-Time Sync |
Event Connector Type | Mandatory. Select your Connector type from the drop down menu. | Kafka Topic |
Topic | Mandatory. This field is expecting a JSON formatted value specific to the connector type you are configuring. | See the Topic tab. |
Connection Attributes | Mandatory. This field is expecting a JSON formatted value specific to the connector type you are configuring. | See the Connection Attributes tab. |
Status | Mandatory. This value refers to whether your listener config/real-time sync is turned on or off. Make sure you keep this set to Disabled until you are confident you have the rest of your data sync properly configured first. | Disabled |
Data Sync Config | Mandatory. This drop down will list all of the data syncs on your platform. Select the one that you want to use for your real-time sync. | Kafka Data Sync |
Subscription Expires On | This value is only relevant for Salesforce Stream Sources. This field is a timestamp that is auto-populated when it has successfully subscribed to a topic. | |
Message | Leave this value blank when setting up your configuration. This field will auto-populate during the running of your sync with any relevant messages. For instance "Cinchy listener is running", or "Listener is disabled". | |
Auto Offset Reset | Earliest, Latest or None. In the case where the listener is started and either there is no last message ID, or when the last message ID is invalid (due to it being deleted or it's just a new listener), it will use this column as a fallback to determine where to start reading events from. Earliest will start reading from the beginning on the queue (when the CDC was enabled on the table). This might be a suggested configuration if your use case is recoverable or re-runnable and if you need to reprocess all events to ensure accuracy. Latest will fetch the last value after whatever was last processed. This is the typical configuration. None will not read start reading any events. You are able to switch between Auto Offset Reset types after your initial configuration through the below steps: 1. Navigate to the Listener Config table. 2. Re-configure the Auto Offset Reset value. 3. Set the "Status" column of the Listener Config to "Disabled". 4. Navigate to the Event Listener State table. 5. Find the column that pertains to your data sync's Listener Config and delete it. 6. Navigate back to the Listener Config table. 7. Set the "Status" column of the Listener Config to "Enabled" in order for your new Auto Offset Reset configuration to take effect. | Latest |
