Thanks, Matthias, the "download" part is what I am not clear about.... I don't see a separate download for just a connector, only for the whole Confluent platform. Is it just a matter of taking one jar, say, the kafka-connect-elasticsearch-3.3.0.jar from the .../confluent-3.3.0/share/java/kafka-connect-elasticsearch/ dir? and adding it into the plugin.path dir for Kafka? Or do I package the whole ./confluent-3.3.0/share/java/kafka-connect-elasticsearch/ dir as an Uber Jar to make sure all dependencies are also included?
Thanks, Marina Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email. > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: how to use Confluent connector with Apache Kafka > Local Time: September 27, 2017 2:45 PM > UTC Time: September 27, 2017 6:45 PM > From: matth...@confluent.io > To: users@kafka.apache.org > > All connectors are compatible with vanilla AK, as Confluent Open Source > ships with "plain" Apache Kafka under the hood. > > So you can just download the connector, plug it in, and configure it as > any other connector, too. > > https://www.confluent.io/product/connectors/ > > -Matthias > > On 9/26/17 1:15 PM, Marina Popova wrote: >> Hi, >> we have an existing Kafka cluster (0.10) already setup and working in >> production. >> I woudl like to explore using Confluent"s Elasticsearch Connector - however, >> I see it comes as part of the Confluent distribution of Kafka (with separate >> confluent scripts, libs, etc.). >> >> Is there an easy way to just use the Confluent Connector with the plain >> (non-Confluent) Apache distribution of Kafka? >> >> thanks! >> Marina >>
