Kafka task#

Apache Kafka is an open-source stream-processing software platform developed by the Apache Software Foundation. (for more info : https://kafka.apache.org/)
You need to download these jar files and place them in your CrushFTP ▸ plugins ▸ lib folder.
kafka-clients.jar
kafka-streams.jar

Then restart CrushFTP.

Using Kafka task you are able to send a file or a custom topic.



It is possible to load your own SASL connection parameters with the flag "Load custom client config"



Config example:

#KafkaTask SASL properties file example

# Kafka server host and port.
bootstrap.servers=192.168.10:9092

# Client id
client.id=MyCrushFTP

# Serializer (Do not change!)
key.serializer=org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer
value.serializer=org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.ByteArraySerializer

#Max block and timeout
max.block.ms=10000
request.timeout.ms=20000 

#Authentication related settings
security.protocol=SASL_PLAINTEXT
sasl.mechanism=PLAIN
sasl.jaas.config=org.apache.kafka.common.security.plain.PlainLoginModule required \
    username="kafka-username" \
    password="kafka-password";