README.adoc

Generate Test Data with Kafka Connect

Description

This directory contains two sub-directories with docker-compose files for either the DataGen or Voluble source connectors. The files are aimed at running the connect workers locally but producing data to Confluent Cloud.

Running the demo

Before you can run these files with docker-compose, you will need to fill in the values for {{CCLOUD_ENDPOINT}}, {{CCLOUD_KEY}}, {CCLOUD_SECRET}, {{SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL}}, {{SR_KEY}}, and {{SR_SECRET}}.

Note: If you are producing data to Kafka brokers other than Confluent Cloud, you can change these variables as needed.

Related Resources that might be helpful

Confluent Cloud

• [Quik-start Guide](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/get-started/index.html)

Connector Documentation

• [DataGen](https://github.com/confluentinc/kafka-connect-datagen/blob/master/README.md)

• [Voluble](https://github.com/MichaelDrogalis/voluble)

Other resources

• [Blog post on local connect to Conflunt Cloud](https://rmoff.net/2021/01/11/running-a-self-managed-kafka-connect-worker-for-confluent-cloud/)

• [Java Faker (used by Voluble)](https://github.com/DiUS/java-faker)