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In this article:

  • HTTP request
  • Path parameters
  • Body parameters
  • ConnectorSpec
  • ConnectorConfigMirrorMakerSpec
  • ClusterConnectionSpec
  • ExternalClusterConnectionSpec
  • ConnectorConfigS3SinkSpec
  • S3ConnectionSpec
  • ExternalS3StorageSpec
  • Response
  • CreateConnectorMetadata
  • Status
  • Connector
  • ConnectorConfigMirrorMaker
  • ClusterConnection
  • ExternalClusterConnection
  • ConnectorConfigS3Sink
  • S3Connection
  • ExternalS3Storage
  1. API reference
  2. REST
  3. Connector
  4. Create

Managed Service for Apache Kafka® API, REST: Connector.Create

Written by
Yandex Cloud
Updated at December 17, 2024
  • HTTP request
  • Path parameters
  • Body parameters
  • ConnectorSpec
  • ConnectorConfigMirrorMakerSpec
  • ClusterConnectionSpec
  • ExternalClusterConnectionSpec
  • ConnectorConfigS3SinkSpec
  • S3ConnectionSpec
  • ExternalS3StorageSpec
  • Response
  • CreateConnectorMetadata
  • Status
  • Connector
  • ConnectorConfigMirrorMaker
  • ClusterConnection
  • ExternalClusterConnection
  • ConnectorConfigS3Sink
  • S3Connection
  • ExternalS3Storage

Creates a new Apache Kafka® connector in a cluster.

HTTP requestHTTP request

POST https://mdb.api.cloud.yandex.net/managed-kafka/v1/clusters/{clusterId}/connectors

Path parametersPath parameters

Field

Description

clusterId

string

Required field. ID of the Apache Kafka® cluster to create the connector in.

To get this ID, make a ClusterService.List request.

Body parametersBody parameters

{
  "connectorSpec": {
    "name": "string",
    "tasksMax": "string",
    "properties": "object",
    // Includes only one of the fields `connectorConfigMirrormaker`, `connectorConfigS3Sink`
    "connectorConfigMirrormaker": {
      "sourceCluster": {
        "alias": "string",
        // Includes only one of the fields `thisCluster`, `externalCluster`
        "thisCluster": "object",
        "externalCluster": {
          "bootstrapServers": "string",
          "saslUsername": "string",
          "saslPassword": "string",
          "saslMechanism": "string",
          "securityProtocol": "string",
          "sslTruststoreCertificates": "string"
        }
        // end of the list of possible fields
      },
      "targetCluster": {
        "alias": "string",
        // Includes only one of the fields `thisCluster`, `externalCluster`
        "thisCluster": "object",
        "externalCluster": {
          "bootstrapServers": "string",
          "saslUsername": "string",
          "saslPassword": "string",
          "saslMechanism": "string",
          "securityProtocol": "string",
          "sslTruststoreCertificates": "string"
        }
        // end of the list of possible fields
      },
      "topics": "string",
      "replicationFactor": "string"
    },
    "connectorConfigS3Sink": {
      "topics": "string",
      "fileCompressionType": "string",
      "fileMaxRecords": "string",
      "s3Connection": {
        "bucketName": "string",
        // Includes only one of the fields `externalS3`
        "externalS3": {
          "accessKeyId": "string",
          "secretAccessKey": "string",
          "endpoint": "string",
          "region": "string"
        }
        // end of the list of possible fields
      }
    }
    // end of the list of possible fields
  }
}

Field

Description

connectorSpec

ConnectorSpec

Required field. Configuration of the connector to create.

ConnectorSpecConnectorSpec

An object that represents an Apache Kafka® connector.

See the documentation for details.

Field

Description

name

string

Name of the connector.

tasksMax

string (int64)

Maximum number of connector tasks. Default value is the number of brokers.

properties

object (map<string, string>)

A set of properties passed to Managed Service for Apache Kafka® with the connector configuration.
Example: sync.topics.config.enabled: true.

connectorConfigMirrormaker

ConnectorConfigMirrorMakerSpec

Configuration of the MirrorMaker connector.

Includes only one of the fields connectorConfigMirrormaker, connectorConfigS3Sink.

Additional settings for the connector.

connectorConfigS3Sink

ConnectorConfigS3SinkSpec

Configuration of S3-Sink connector.

Includes only one of the fields connectorConfigMirrormaker, connectorConfigS3Sink.

Additional settings for the connector.

ConnectorConfigMirrorMakerSpecConnectorConfigMirrorMakerSpec

Field

Description

sourceCluster

ClusterConnectionSpec

Source cluster configuration for the MirrorMaker connector.

targetCluster

ClusterConnectionSpec

Target cluster configuration for the MirrorMaker connector.

topics

string

List of Kafka topics, separated by ,.

replicationFactor

string (int64)

Replication factor for automatically created topics.

ClusterConnectionSpecClusterConnectionSpec

Field

Description

alias

string

Alias of cluster connection configuration.
Examples: source, target.

thisCluster

object

Connection configuration of the cluster the connector belongs to. As all credentials are already known, leave this parameter empty.

Includes only one of the fields thisCluster, externalCluster.

Type of connection to Apache Kafka® cluster.

externalCluster

ExternalClusterConnectionSpec

Configuration of connection to an external cluster with all the necessary credentials.

Includes only one of the fields thisCluster, externalCluster.

Type of connection to Apache Kafka® cluster.

ExternalClusterConnectionSpecExternalClusterConnectionSpec

Field

Description

bootstrapServers

string

List of bootstrap servers of the cluster, separated by ,.

saslUsername

string

SASL username to use for connection to the cluster.

saslPassword

string

SASL password to use for connection to the cluster.

saslMechanism

string

SASL mechanism to use for connection to the cluster.

securityProtocol

string

Security protocol to use for connection to the cluster.

sslTruststoreCertificates

string

CA in PEM format to connect to external cluster.
Lines of certificate separated by '\n' symbol.

ConnectorConfigS3SinkSpecConnectorConfigS3SinkSpec

Specification for Kafka S3-Sink Connector.

Field

Description

topics

string

List of Kafka topics, separated by ','.

fileCompressionType

string

The compression type used for files put on GCS.
The supported values are: gzip, snappy, zstd, none.
Optional, the default is none.

fileMaxRecords

string (int64)

Max records per file.

s3Connection

S3ConnectionSpec

Credentials for connecting to S3 storage.

S3ConnectionSpecS3ConnectionSpec

Specification for S3Connection -
settings of connection to AWS-compatible S3 storage, that
are source or target of Kafka S3-connectors.
YC Object Storage is AWS-compatible.

Field

Description

bucketName

string

externalS3

ExternalS3StorageSpec

Includes only one of the fields externalS3.

ExternalS3StorageSpecExternalS3StorageSpec

Field

Description

accessKeyId

string

secretAccessKey

string

endpoint

string

region

string

Default is 'us-east-1'.

ResponseResponse

HTTP Code: 200 - OK

{
  "id": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "createdAt": "string",
  "createdBy": "string",
  "modifiedAt": "string",
  "done": "boolean",
  "metadata": {
    "clusterId": "string",
    "connectorName": "string"
  },
  // Includes only one of the fields `error`, `response`
  "error": {
    "code": "integer",
    "message": "string",
    "details": [
      "object"
    ]
  },
  "response": {
    "name": "string",
    "tasksMax": "string",
    "properties": "object",
    "health": "string",
    "status": "string",
    "clusterId": "string",
    // Includes only one of the fields `connectorConfigMirrormaker`, `connectorConfigS3Sink`
    "connectorConfigMirrormaker": {
      "sourceCluster": {
        "alias": "string",
        // Includes only one of the fields `thisCluster`, `externalCluster`
        "thisCluster": "object",
        "externalCluster": {
          "bootstrapServers": "string",
          "saslUsername": "string",
          "saslMechanism": "string",
          "securityProtocol": "string"
        }
        // end of the list of possible fields
      },
      "targetCluster": {
        "alias": "string",
        // Includes only one of the fields `thisCluster`, `externalCluster`
        "thisCluster": "object",
        "externalCluster": {
          "bootstrapServers": "string",
          "saslUsername": "string",
          "saslMechanism": "string",
          "securityProtocol": "string"
        }
        // end of the list of possible fields
      },
      "topics": "string",
      "replicationFactor": "string"
    },
    "connectorConfigS3Sink": {
      "topics": "string",
      "fileCompressionType": "string",
      "fileMaxRecords": "string",
      "s3Connection": {
        "bucketName": "string",
        // Includes only one of the fields `externalS3`
        "externalS3": {
          "accessKeyId": "string",
          "endpoint": "string",
          "region": "string"
        }
        // end of the list of possible fields
      }
    }
    // end of the list of possible fields
  }
  // end of the list of possible fields
}

An Operation resource. For more information, see Operation.

Field

Description

id

string

ID of the operation.

description

string

Description of the operation. 0-256 characters long.

createdAt

string (date-time)

Creation timestamp.

String in RFC3339 text format. The range of possible values is from
0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999999Z, i.e. from 0 to 9 digits for fractions of a second.

To work with values in this field, use the APIs described in the
Protocol Buffers reference.
In some languages, built-in datetime utilities do not support nanosecond precision (9 digits).

createdBy

string

ID of the user or service account who initiated the operation.

modifiedAt

string (date-time)

The time when the Operation resource was last modified.

String in RFC3339 text format. The range of possible values is from
0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999999Z, i.e. from 0 to 9 digits for fractions of a second.

To work with values in this field, use the APIs described in the
Protocol Buffers reference.
In some languages, built-in datetime utilities do not support nanosecond precision (9 digits).

done

boolean

If the value is false, it means the operation is still in progress.
If true, the operation is completed, and either error or response is available.

metadata

CreateConnectorMetadata

Service-specific metadata associated with the operation.
It typically contains the ID of the target resource that the operation is performed on.
Any method that returns a long-running operation should document the metadata type, if any.

error

Status

The error result of the operation in case of failure or cancellation.

Includes only one of the fields error, response.

The operation result.
If done == false and there was no failure detected, neither error nor response is set.
If done == false and there was a failure detected, error is set.
If done == true, exactly one of error or response is set.

response

Connector

The normal response of the operation in case of success.
If the original method returns no data on success, such as Delete,
the response is google.protobuf.Empty.
If the original method is the standard Create/Update,
the response should be the target resource of the operation.
Any method that returns a long-running operation should document the response type, if any.

Includes only one of the fields error, response.

The operation result.
If done == false and there was no failure detected, neither error nor response is set.
If done == false and there was a failure detected, error is set.
If done == true, exactly one of error or response is set.

CreateConnectorMetadataCreateConnectorMetadata

Field

Description

clusterId

string

ID of the Apache Kafka® cluster the connector is being created in.

connectorName

string

Required field. Name of the Apache Kafka® connector that is being created.

StatusStatus

The error result of the operation in case of failure or cancellation.

Field

Description

code

integer (int32)

Error code. An enum value of google.rpc.Code.

message

string

An error message.

details[]

object

A list of messages that carry the error details.

ConnectorConnector

Field

Description

name

string

Name of the connector.

tasksMax

string (int64)

Maximum number of connector tasks. Default value is the number of brokers.

properties

object (map<string, string>)

A set of properties passed to Managed Service for Apache Kafka® with the connector configuration.
Example: sync.topics.config.enabled: true.

health

enum (Health)

Connector health.

  • HEALTH_UNKNOWN: Health of the connector is unknown.
  • ALIVE: Connector is running.
  • DEAD: Connector has failed to start.

status

enum (Status)

Current status of the connector.

  • STATUS_UNKNOWN: Connector state is unknown.
  • RUNNING: Connector is running normally.
  • ERROR: Connector has encountered a problem and cannot operate.
  • PAUSED: Connector is paused.

clusterId

string

ID of the Apache Kafka® cluster that the connector belongs to.

connectorConfigMirrormaker

ConnectorConfigMirrorMaker

Configuration of the MirrorMaker connector.

Includes only one of the fields connectorConfigMirrormaker, connectorConfigS3Sink.

Additional settings for the connector.

connectorConfigS3Sink

ConnectorConfigS3Sink

Configuration of S3-Sink connector.

Includes only one of the fields connectorConfigMirrormaker, connectorConfigS3Sink.

Additional settings for the connector.

ConnectorConfigMirrorMakerConnectorConfigMirrorMaker

Field

Description

sourceCluster

ClusterConnection

Source cluster connection configuration.

targetCluster

ClusterConnection

Target cluster connection configuration.

topics

string

List of Kafka topics, separated by ,.

replicationFactor

string (int64)

Replication factor for automatically created topics.

ClusterConnectionClusterConnection

Field

Description

alias

string

Alias of cluster connection configuration.
Examples: source, target.

thisCluster

object

Connection configuration of the cluster the connector belongs to. As all credentials are already known, leave this parameter empty.

Includes only one of the fields thisCluster, externalCluster.

Type of connection to Apache Kafka® cluster.

externalCluster

ExternalClusterConnection

Configuration of connection to an external cluster with all the necessary credentials.

Includes only one of the fields thisCluster, externalCluster.

Type of connection to Apache Kafka® cluster.

ExternalClusterConnectionExternalClusterConnection

Field

Description

bootstrapServers

string

List of bootstrap servers of the cluster, separated by ,.

saslUsername

string

SASL username to use for connection to the cluster.

saslMechanism

string

SASL mechanism to use for connection to the cluster.

securityProtocol

string

Security protocol to use for connection to the cluster.

ConnectorConfigS3SinkConnectorConfigS3Sink

An Apache Kafka® S3-Sink
connector resource.

Field

Description

topics

string

List of Kafka topics, separated by ','.

fileCompressionType

string

The compression type used for files put on GCS.
The supported values are: gzip, snappy, zstd, none.
Optional, the default is none.

fileMaxRecords

string (int64)

Max records per file.

s3Connection

S3Connection

Credentials for connecting to S3 storage.

S3ConnectionS3Connection

Resource for S3Connection -
settings of connection to AWS-compatible S3 storage, that
are source or target of Kafka S3-connectors.
YC Object Storage is AWS-compatible.

Field

Description

bucketName

string

externalS3

ExternalS3Storage

Includes only one of the fields externalS3.

ExternalS3StorageExternalS3Storage

Field

Description

accessKeyId

string

endpoint

string

region

string

Default is 'us-east-1'

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