Shivani Sarthi explains the value of Kafka Connect:
Kafka connect is not just a free, open source component of Apache Kafka. But it also works as a centralised data hub for simple data integration between databases, key-value stores etc. The fundamental components include-
– Connectors
– Tasks
– Workers
– Converters
– Transforms
– Dead letter Queue
Moreover it is a framework to stream data in and out of Apache Kafka. In addition, the confluent platform comes with many built-in connectors,used for streaming data to and from different data sources.
Click through for information on each component.