Vultr is excited to announce enhancements to Vultr Managed Databases for Apache Kafka®, making setting up and managing real-time data streaming even more straightforward. With an expanded selection of Apache Kafka® Connect connectors, you can quickly integrate Kafka with a wide range of data sources and destinations – all with just a few clicks in the my.vultr portal.
Why use Vultr Managed Apache Kafka®?
Apache Kafka® is a powerful tool for real-time data processing, but managing Kafka infrastructure can be complex and time-consuming. Vultr eliminates the headaches by offering a fully managed Kafka service that handles deployment, provisioning, and maintenance so you can focus on your data, not the infrastructure.
New Kafka connectors: Stream data faster
These additional Kafka Connect connectors simplify integrating Vultr Managed Apache Kafka® with other data platforms. With native compatibility for popular services, you can set up your data streams faster than ever.
How to deploy Kafka connectors on Vultr
Managing your Kafka connectors is easy with Vultr’s intuitive interface:
- Navigate to the Kafka cluster management console in the my.vultr portal.
- Click the "Add Connector" button.
- Enter a name and specify the topics you’d like to connect to.
- Deploy your connector and start streaming!
Available Kafka connectors
Vultr now supports a wide range of source and sink connectors, allowing you to integrate data from various sources into Kafka topics and send Kafka topic data to different destinations.
Source connectors (import data into Kafka)
- Couchbase Source
- Stream Reactor Cassandra Source
- Stream Reactor MQTT Source
- Google Cloud Pub/Sub Source
- Google Cloud Pub/Sub Lite Source
- MongoDB Kafka Source Connector
- JDBC Source
- Schema Source
- Debezium - MongoDB
- Debezium - MySQL
- Debezium - PostgreSQL
- Debezium - SQL Server
Sink connectors (send Kafka data to other platforms)
- Clickhouse
- Couchbase Sink
- Stream Reactor Cassandra Sink
- Stream Reactor InfluxDB Sink
- Stream Reactor MongoDB Sink
- Stream Reactor MQTT Sink
- Stream Reactor Redis Sink
- Google Cloud Pub/Sub Sink
- Google Cloud Pub/Sub Lite Sink
- IBM MQ
- MongoDB Kafka Sink Connector
- Snowflake Sink
- Splunk Sink
- Google BigQuery Sink
- Elasticsearch Sink
- JDBC Sink
- Azure Blob Storage Sink
- Google Cloud Storage Sink
- HTTP Sink
- OpenSearch Sink
- Confluent - Amazon AWS S3 Sink
- Apache Iceberg (Early Access)
Powering AI and big data with Vultr’s cloud stack
Vultr provides a full composable cloud stack for AI and data processing. With Kafka Connect, you can seamlessly stream data across platforms, while Vultr Container Registry offers access to available open-source AI models. Combine these tools with enterprise-grade Cloud GPUs, and you have a robust ecosystem for modern AI and big data applications.
Get started with Vultr Managed Kafka® today
Effortless real-time data processing is just a few clicks away. Take advantage of Vultr’s managed Kafka service and its expanded Kafka Connect support to build robust, scalable data pipelines.