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Export from Kubernetes to Kafka
CloudQuery is an open-source data integration platform that allows you to export data from any source to any destination.
The CloudQuery Kubernetes plugin allows you to sync data from Kubernetes to any destination, including Kafka. It takes only minutes to get started.
Kubernetes
v6.0.12
Official
Kubernetes
The K8s Source plugin for CloudQuery extracts configuration from a variety of K8s APIs
Kafka
v3.3.9
Official
Kafka
This plugin is in preview.
This destination plugin lets you sync data from a CloudQuery source to Kafka in various formats such as CSV, JSON. Each table will be pushed to a separate topic
Table of Contents
MacOS Setup
Step 1. Install CloudQuery
brew install cloudquery/tap/cloudqueryStep 2. Configure Kubernetes source plugin
You can find more information about the configuration in the plugin documentation
kind: source
spec:
# Source spec section
name: k8s
path: cloudquery/k8s
registry: cloudquery
version: "v6.0.12"
tables: ["*"]
destinations: ["kafka"]
spec:
contexts: ["context"]Step 3. Configure Kafka destination plugin
You can find more information about the configuration in the plugin documentation
kind: destination
spec:
name: "kafka"
path: "cloudquery/kafka"
registry: "cloudquery"
version: "v3.3.9"
write_mode: "append"
spec:
# required - list of brokers to connect to
brokers: ["<broker-host>:<broker-port>"]
# optional - if connecting via SASL/PLAIN, the username and password to use. If not set, no authentication will be used.
sasl_username: "${KAFKA_SASL_USERNAME}"
sasl_password: "${KAFKA_SASL_PASSWORD}"
format: "json" # options: parquet, json, csv
format_spec:
# CSV-specific parameters:
# delimiter: ","
# skip_header: false
# Optional parameters
# compression: "" # options: gzip
# client_id: cq-destination-kafka
# verbose: false
# batch_size: 1000Step 4. Run Sync
cloudquery sync k8s.yml kafka.yml