Using Kafka with IBM App Connect Enterprise

You can use the KafkaProducer node to publish messages that are generated from within your message flow to a topic that is hosted on a Kafka server. The published messages are then delivered by the Kafka server to all topic consumers (subscribers). You can use a KafkaConsumer node in a message flow to subscribe to a specified topic on a Kafka server. The KafkaConsumer node then receives messages that are published on the Kafka topic, as input to the message flow. You can also read an individual message published on a Kafka topic, by using a KafkaRead node in a message flow to specify the offset position of the message in the topic partition.

For information about the supported versions of Kafka, see IBM App Connect Enterprise system requirements. For more information about Kafka version compatibility, see the Apache Kafka documentation.