Exploring the Kafka Connect REST API

Kafka Connect is the primary method for doing integration with Apache Kafka and other systems. In this video, you can learn all about Kafka Connect's REST API and how to use it.

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⏱ Time codes:

00:00:00 Intro
00:01:14 Getting cluster version and ID
00:01:46 Listing available connector plugins
00:03:33 Creating connectors
00:05:14 Inspecting connector and task status
00:06:18 Deleting connectors
00:06:35 Useful trick for selecting which connector to delete from a list
00:08:36 Updating connectors
00:09:16 Inspecting connector configuration
00:10:09 Inspecting Connector and task status
00:11:03 Restarting connectors
00:12:02 Restarting Tasks
00:13:32 Pausing and resuming connectors and tasks
00:14:43 Viewing a task's error and stack track
00:14:55 Viewing a connector's active topics
00:15:54 List connector plugins
00:15:58 Connector config validate API
00:16:23 Dynamic Log Levels in Kafka Connect
00:20:04 Recap

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