# Camel-Kafka-connector File Source

## Introduction

This is an example for Camel-Kafka-connector File source

## What is needed

- A File System

## Running Kafka

```
$KAFKA_HOME/bin/zookeeper-server-start.sh $KAFKA_HOME/config/zookeeper.properties
$KAFKA_HOME/bin/kafka-server-start.sh $KAFKA_HOME/config/server.properties
$KAFKA_HOME/bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --replication-factor 1 --partitions 1 --topic mytopic
```

## Setting up the needed bits and running the example

You'll need to setup the plugin.path property in your kafka

Open the `$KAFKA_HOME/config/connect-standalone.properties`

and set the `plugin.path` property to your choosen location

In this example we'll use `/home/oscerd/connectors/`

```
> cd /home/oscerd/connectors/
> wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/camel/kafkaconnector/camel-file-kafka-connector/0.11.5/camel-file-kafka-connector-0.11.5-package.tar.gz
> untar.gz camel-file-kafka-connector-0.11.5-package.tar.gz
```

Now it's time to setup the connectors

Open the File connector configuration file

```
name=CamelFileSourceConnector
connector.class=org.apache.camel.kafkaconnector.file.CamelFileSourceConnector
key.converter=org.apache.kafka.connect.storage.StringConverter
value.converter=org.apache.kafka.connect.storage.StringConverter

camel.source.maxPollDuration=10000

topics=mytopic

camel.source.path.directoryName=/tmp/kafkastuff/
camel.source.endpoint.idempotent=true
```

Now you can run the example

```
$KAFKA_HOME/bin/connect-standalone.sh $KAFKA_HOME/config/connect-standalone.properties config/CamelFileSourceConnector.properties
```

Create files into the /tmp/kafkastuff folder

On a different terminal run the kafka-consumer and you should see messages from the SQS queue arriving through Kafka Broker.

```
bin/kafka-console-consumer.sh --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --topic mytopic --from-beginning
GenericFile[/tmp/kafkastuff/temp.txt]
GenericFile[/tmp/kafkastuff/tttt.txt]
```