From issues-return-196843-archive-asf-public=cust-asf.ponee.io@flink.apache.org Tue Oct 23 13:44:26 2018 Return-Path: X-Original-To: archive-asf-public@cust-asf.ponee.io Delivered-To: archive-asf-public@cust-asf.ponee.io Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by mx-eu-01.ponee.io (Postfix) with SMTP id DFF84180675 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2018 13:44:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: (qmail 65165 invoked by uid 500); 23 Oct 2018 11:44:25 -0000 Mailing-List: contact issues-help@flink.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@flink.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list issues@flink.apache.org Received: (qmail 65156 invoked by uid 99); 23 Oct 2018 11:44:25 -0000 Received: from ec2-52-202-80-70.compute-1.amazonaws.com (HELO gitbox.apache.org) (52.202.80.70) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 23 Oct 2018 11:44:25 +0000 From: GitBox To: issues@flink.apache.org Subject: [GitHub] zentol commented on a change in pull request #6889: [FLINK-10599][Documentation] Provide documentation for the modern kafka connector Message-ID: <154029506445.10742.6466201780318522139.gitbox@gitbox.apache.org> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 11:44:24 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit zentol commented on a change in pull request #6889: [FLINK-10599][Documentation] Provide documentation for the modern kafka connector URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/6889#discussion_r227351375 ########## File path: docs/dev/connectors/kafka.md ########## @@ -100,6 +108,30 @@ Note that the streaming connectors are currently not part of the binary distribu * Follow the instructions from [Kafka's quickstart](https://kafka.apache.org/documentation.html#quickstart) to download the code and launch a server (launching a Zookeeper and a Kafka server is required every time before starting the application). * If the Kafka and Zookeeper servers are running on a remote machine, then the `advertised.host.name` setting in the `config/server.properties` file must be set to the machine's IP address. +## Modern Kafka Connector + +Starting with Flink 1.7, there is a new Kafka connector that does not track a specific Kafka major version. Rather, it tracks the latest version of Kafka at the time of the Flink release. + +If your Kafka broker version is 1.0.0 or newer, you should use this Kafka connector. If you use an older version of Kafka (0.11, 0.10, 0.9, or 0.8), you should use the connector corresponding to the broker version. + +### Compatibility + +The the modern Kafka connector is compatible with older and newer Kafka brokers through the compatibility guarantees of the Kafka client API and broker. The modern Kafka client is compatible with broker versions 0.10.0 or later, depending on the features used. Fo details on Kafka compatibility, please refer to the [Kafka documentation](https://kafka.apache.org/protocol.html#protocol_compatibility). Review comment: double "the"; typo: Fo -> For ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: users@infra.apache.org With regards, Apache Git Services