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Terraform in Yandex Cloud
  • Getting started
  • Solution library
    • Overview
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          • mdb_kafka_cluster
          • mdb_kafka_cluster_iam_binding
          • mdb_kafka_connector
          • mdb_kafka_topic
          • mdb_kafka_user

In this article:

  • Example usage
  • Arguments & Attributes Reference
  • Import
  1. Terraform reference
  2. Resources
  3. Managed Service for Apache Kafka®
  4. Resources
  5. mdb_kafka_connector

yandex_mdb_kafka_connector (Resource)

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Yandex Cloud
Updated at February 9, 2026
  • Example usage
  • Arguments & Attributes Reference
  • Import

Manages a connector of a Kafka cluster within the Yandex Cloud. For more information, see the official documentation.

Example usageExample usage

//
// Create a new MDB Kafka Connector.
//
resource "yandex_mdb_kafka_connector" "my_conn" {
  cluster_id = yandex_mdb_kafka_cluster.my_cluster.id
  name       = "replication"
  tasks_max  = 3
  properties = {
    refresh.topics.enabled = "true"
  }
  connector_config_mirrormaker {
    topics             = "data.*"
    replication_factor = 1
    source_cluster {
      alias = "source"
      external_cluster {
        bootstrap_servers = "somebroker1:9091,somebroker2:9091"
        sasl_username     = "someuser"
        sasl_password     = "somepassword"
        sasl_mechanism    = "SCRAM-SHA-512"
        security_protocol = "SASL_SSL"
      }
    }
    target_cluster {
      alias = "target"
      this_cluster {}
    }
  }
}

resource "yandex_mdb_kafka_connector" "connector" {
  cluster_id = yandex_mdb_kafka_cluster.my_cluster.id
  name       = "s3-sink"
  tasks_max  = 3
  properties = {
    "key.converter"                  = "org.apache.kafka.connect.storage.StringConverter"
    "value.converter"                = "org.apache.kafka.connect.json.JsonConverter"
    "value.converter.schemas.enable" = "false"
    "format.output.type"             = "jsonl"
    "file.name.template"             = "dir1/dir2/{{topic}}-not_var{{partition:padding=true}}-not_var{{start_offset:padding=true}}.gz"
    "timestamp.timezone"             = "Europe/Moscow"
  }
  connector_config_s3_sink {
    topics                = "data.*"
    file_compression_type = "gzip"
    file_max_records      = 100
    s3_connection {
      bucket_name = "somebucket"
      external_s3 {
        endpoint          = "storage.yandexcloud.net"
        access_key_id     = "some_access_key_id"
        secret_access_key = "some_secret_access_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

resource "yandex_mdb_kafka_cluster" "my_cluster" {
  name       = "foo"
  network_id = "c64vs98keiqc7f24pvkd"

  config {
    version = "2.8"
    zones   = ["ru-central1-a"]
    kafka {
      resources {
        resource_preset_id = "s2.micro"
        disk_type_id       = "network-hdd"
        disk_size          = 16
      }
    }
  }
}

Arguments & Attributes ReferenceArguments & Attributes Reference

  • cluster_id (Required)(String). The ID of the Kafka cluster.
  • id (String).
  • name (Required)(String). The resource name.
  • properties (Map Of String). Additional properties for connector.
  • tasks_max (Number). The number of the connector's parallel working tasks. Default is the number of brokers.
  • connector_config_mirrormaker [Block]. Settings for MirrorMaker2 connector.
    • replication_factor (Required)(Number). Replication factor for topics created in target cluster.
    • topics (Required)(String). The pattern for topic names to be replicated.
    • source_cluster [Block]. Settings for source cluster.
      • alias (String). Name of the cluster. Used also as a topic prefix.
      • external_cluster [Block]. Connection settings for external cluster.
        • bootstrap_servers (Required)(String). List of bootstrap servers to connect to cluster.
        • sasl_mechanism (String). Type of SASL authentification mechanism to use.
        • sasl_password (String). Password to use in SASL authentification mechanism
        • sasl_username (String). Username to use in SASL authentification mechanism.
        • security_protocol (String). Security protocol to use.
      • this_cluster [Block]. Using this section in the cluster definition (source or target) means it's this cluster.
    • target_cluster [Block]. Settings for target cluster.
      • alias (String). Name of the cluster. Used also as a topic prefix.
      • external_cluster [Block]. Connection settings for external cluster.
        • bootstrap_servers (Required)(String). List of bootstrap servers to connect to cluster.
        • sasl_mechanism (String). Type of SASL authentification mechanism to use.
        • sasl_password (String). Password to use in SASL authentification mechanism
        • sasl_username (String). Username to use in SASL authentification mechanism.
        • security_protocol (String). Security protocol to use.
      • this_cluster [Block]. Using this section in the cluster definition (source or target) means it's this cluster.
  • connector_config_s3_sink [Block]. Settings for S3 Sink connector.
    • file_compression_type (Required)(String). Compression type for messages. Cannot be changed.
    • file_max_records (Number). Max records per file.
    • topics (Required)(String). The pattern for topic names to be copied to s3 bucket.
    • s3_connection [Block]. Settings for connection to s3-compatible storage.
      • bucket_name (Required)(String). Name of the bucket in s3-compatible storage.
      • external_s3 [Block]. Connection params for external s3-compatible storage.
        • access_key_id (String). ID of aws-compatible static key.
        • endpoint (Required)(String). URL of s3-compatible storage.
        • region (String). Region of s3-compatible storage. Available region list.
        • secret_access_key (String). Secret key of aws-compatible static key.

ImportImport

The resource can be imported by using their resource ID. For getting it you can use Yandex Cloud Web Console or Yandex Cloud CLI.

# terraform import yandex_mdb_kafka_connector.<resource Name> <resource Id>
terraform import yandex_mdb_kafka_connector.my_conn ...

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