== Camel Kafka Connector

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=== Introduction
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*The project is WIP!*
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This is a "Camel Kafka connector adapter" that aims to provide a user friendly way to use all Apache Camel components in Kafka Connect.
For more information about Kafka Connect take a look http://kafka.apache.org/documentation/#connect[here].

=== Build the project
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mvn clean package
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=== Build the project and run integration tests
To build the project it is sufficient to:
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mvn clean install
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To run the integration tests it is required to:

  * have Docker version 17.05 or higher running
  * run:
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mvn -DskipIntegrationTests=false clean verify package
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It is also possible to point the tests to use an external Kafka broker. To do so, run the tests using:

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mvn -Dkafka.bootstrap.servers=host1:port -Dkafka.instance.type=remote -DskipIntegrationTests=false clean verify package
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=== Try it out locally

You can use Camel Kafka connectors with local Apache Kafka installation.
For more details see the link:./docs/try-it-out-locally.adoc[local guide].

=== Try it out on OpenShift with Strimzi

You can also use Camel Kafka connectors on OpenShift.
For more details see the link:./docs/try-it-out-on-openshift-with-strimzi.adoc[OpenShift guide].

=== Known limitations
In order to use other Camel components you need to add them as dependencies in the project `pom.xml`.