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The MongoDB Kafka source connector is a Kafka Connect connector that reads data from MongoDB and writes data to Kafka topics.
This connector is available as a built-in connector on StreamNative Cloud.

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Prerequisites

  • The connection.uri is in form of mongodb+srv://username:password@cluster0.xxx.mongodb.net
  • Valid credentials with the read role on the database. For more granular access control, you can specify a custom role that allows find, and changeStream actions on the databases or collections.

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Quick Start

  1. Setup the kcctl client: doc
  2. Create a MongoDB Cluster, you can create one in k8s cluster with below yaml file: 
    apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: mongo
  labels:
    name: mongo
spec:
  ports:
    - port: 27017
  clusterIP: None
  selector:
    role: mongo
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: StatefulSet
metadata:
  name: mongo-dbz
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      role: mongo
  serviceName: "mongo"
  replicas: 1
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        role: mongo
    spec:
      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 10
      containers:
        - name: mongo
          image: debezium/example-mongodb:2.6
          env:
            - name: MONGODB_USER
              value: "debezium"
            - name: MONGODB_PASSWORD
              value: "dbz"
          command:
            - mongod
            - "--replSet"
            - rs0
            - "--bind_ip" # bind mongo to all ip address to allow others to access
            - "0.0.0.0"
          ports:
            - containerPort: 27017
        - name: mongo-sidecar
          image: cvallance/mongo-k8s-sidecar
          env:
            - name: MONGO_SIDECAR_POD_LABELS
              value: "role=mongo"
            - name: KUBE_NAMESPACE
              value: default
            - name: KUBERNETES_MONGO_SERVICE_NAME
              value: "mongo"
  3. Initialize the local MongoDB cluster: 
    kubectl apply -f .ci/clusters/mongodb.yaml
kubectl wait -l role=mongo --for=condition=Ready pod --timeout=5m
# initialize the data
kubectl exec mongo-dbz-0 -c mongo -- bash ./usr/local/bin/init-inventory.sh
  4. Create a JSON file like the following: 
    {
    "name": "mongo-source",
    "config": {
        "connector.class": "com.mongodb.kafka.connect.MongoSourceConnector",
        "connection.uri": "mongodb://mongo.default.svc.cluster.local:27017/?authSource=admin",
        "database": "kafka-mongo",
        "collection": "source",
        "value.converter": "org.apache.kafka.connect.json.JsonConverter",
        "value.converter.schemas.enable": false,
        "tasks.max": "1"
    }
}
  5. Run the following command to create the connector: 
    kcctl create -f <filename>.json

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Configuration

The MongoDB Kafka source connector is configured using the following Required properties:
ParameterDescription
connection.uriThe connection URI for the MongoDB server.
databaseThe MongoDb database from which the connector imports data into Kafka topics. The connector monitors changes in this database. Leave the field empty to watch all databases.
collectionThe collection in the MongoDB database to watch. If not set, then all collections are watched.
topic.prefixThe prefix for the Kafka topics that the connector creates. The connector appends a database name and collection name to this prefix to create the topic name.
The full properties are also available from the offical MongoDB Kafka Source Connector documentation.
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