AWS Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK)

Since Camel 3.1

Only producer is supported

The AWS2 MSK component supports create, run, start, stop and terminate AWS MSK instances.

Prerequisites

You must have a valid Amazon Web Services developer account, and be signed up to use Amazon MSK. More information is available at Amazon MSK.

URI Format

aws2-msk://label[?options]

You can append query options to the URI in the following format:

?options=value&option2=value&…​

Configuring Options

Camel components are configured on two separate levels:

  • component level

  • endpoint level

Configuring Component Options

The component level is the highest level which holds general and common configurations that are inherited by the endpoints. For example a component may have security settings, credentials for authentication, urls for network connection and so forth.

Some components only have a few options, and others may have many. Because components typically have pre configured defaults that are commonly used, then you may often only need to configure a few options on a component; or none at all.

Configuring components can be done with the Component DSL, in a configuration file (application.properties|yaml), or directly with Java code.

Configuring Endpoint Options

Where you find yourself configuring the most is on endpoints, as endpoints often have many options, which allows you to configure what you need the endpoint to do. The options are also categorized into whether the endpoint is used as consumer (from) or as a producer (to), or used for both.

Configuring endpoints is most often done directly in the endpoint URI as path and query parameters. You can also use the Endpoint DSL and DataFormat DSL as a type safe way of configuring endpoints and data formats in Java.

A good practice when configuring options is to use Property Placeholders, which allows to not hardcode urls, port numbers, sensitive information, and other settings. In other words placeholders allows to externalize the configuration from your code, and gives more flexibility and reuse.

The following two sections lists all the options, firstly for the component followed by the endpoint.

Component Options

The AWS Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK) component supports 22 options, which are listed below.

Name Description Default Type

configuration (producer)

Component configuration.

MSK2Configuration

lazyStartProducer (producer)

Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing.

false

boolean

operation (producer)

Required The operation to perform.

Enum values:

  • listClusters

  • createCluster

  • deleteCluster

  • describeCluster

MSK2Operations

overrideEndpoint (producer)

Set the need for overriding the endpoint. This option needs to be used in combination with the uriEndpointOverride option.

false

boolean

pojoRequest (producer)

If we want to use a POJO request as body or not.

false

boolean

region (producer)

The region in which the MSK client needs to work. When using this parameter, the configuration will expect the lowercase name of the region (for example, ap-east-1) You’ll need to use the name Region.EU_WEST_1.id().

Enum values:

  • ap-south-2

  • ap-south-1

  • eu-south-1

  • eu-south-2

  • us-gov-east-1

  • me-central-1

  • il-central-1

  • ca-central-1

  • eu-central-1

  • us-iso-west-1

  • eu-central-2

  • us-west-1

  • us-west-2

  • af-south-1

  • eu-north-1

  • eu-west-3

  • eu-west-2

  • eu-west-1

  • ap-northeast-3

  • ap-northeast-2

  • ap-northeast-1

  • me-south-1

  • sa-east-1

  • ap-east-1

  • cn-north-1

  • us-gov-west-1

  • ap-southeast-1

  • ap-southeast-2

  • us-iso-east-1

  • ap-southeast-3

  • ap-southeast-4

  • us-east-1

  • us-east-2

  • cn-northwest-1

  • us-isob-east-1

  • aws-global

  • aws-cn-global

  • aws-us-gov-global

  • aws-iso-global

  • aws-iso-b-global

String

uriEndpointOverride (producer)

Set the overriding uri endpoint. This option needs to be used in combination with overrideEndpoint option.

String

autowiredEnabled (advanced)

Whether autowiring is enabled. This is used for automatic autowiring options (the option must be marked as autowired) by looking up in the registry to find if there is a single instance of matching type, which then gets configured on the component. This can be used for automatic configuring JDBC data sources, JMS connection factories, AWS Clients, etc.

true

boolean

mskClient (advanced)

Autowired To use an existing configured AWS MSK client.

KafkaClient

healthCheckConsumerEnabled (health)

Used for enabling or disabling all consumer based health checks from this component.

true

boolean

healthCheckProducerEnabled (health)

Used for enabling or disabling all producer based health checks from this component. Notice: Camel has by default disabled all producer based health-checks. You can turn on producer checks globally by setting camel.health.producersEnabled=true.

true

boolean

proxyHost (proxy)

To define a proxy host when instantiating the MSK client.

String

proxyPort (proxy)

To define a proxy port when instantiating the MSK client.

Integer

proxyProtocol (proxy)

To define a proxy protocol when instantiating the MSK client.

Enum values:

  • HTTP

  • HTTPS

HTTPS

Protocol

accessKey (security)

Amazon AWS Access Key.

String

profileCredentialsName (security)

If using a profile credentials provider, this parameter will set the profile name.

String

secretKey (security)

Amazon AWS Secret Key.

String

sessionToken (security)

Amazon AWS Session Token used when the user needs to assume an IAM role.

String

trustAllCertificates (security)

If we want to trust all certificates in case of overriding the endpoint.

false

boolean

useDefaultCredentialsProvider (security)

Set whether the Kafka client should expect to load credentials through a default credentials provider or to expect static credentials to be passed in.

false

boolean

useProfileCredentialsProvider (security)

Set whether the MSK client should expect to load credentials through a profile credentials provider.

false

boolean

useSessionCredentials (security)

Set whether the MSK client should expect to use Session Credentials. This is useful in a situation in which the user needs to assume an IAM role for doing operations in MSK.

false

boolean

Endpoint Options

The AWS Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK) endpoint is configured using URI syntax:

aws2-msk:label

with the following path and query parameters:

Path Parameters (1 parameters)

Name Description Default Type

label (producer)

Required Logical name.

String

Query Parameters (18 parameters)

Name Description Default Type

operation (producer)

Required The operation to perform.

Enum values:

  • listClusters

  • createCluster

  • deleteCluster

  • describeCluster

MSK2Operations

overrideEndpoint (producer)

Set the need for overriding the endpoint. This option needs to be used in combination with the uriEndpointOverride option.

false

boolean

pojoRequest (producer)

If we want to use a POJO request as body or not.

false

boolean

region (producer)

The region in which the MSK client needs to work. When using this parameter, the configuration will expect the lowercase name of the region (for example, ap-east-1) You’ll need to use the name Region.EU_WEST_1.id().

Enum values:

  • ap-south-2

  • ap-south-1

  • eu-south-1

  • eu-south-2

  • us-gov-east-1

  • me-central-1

  • il-central-1

  • ca-central-1

  • eu-central-1

  • us-iso-west-1

  • eu-central-2

  • us-west-1

  • us-west-2

  • af-south-1

  • eu-north-1

  • eu-west-3

  • eu-west-2

  • eu-west-1

  • ap-northeast-3

  • ap-northeast-2

  • ap-northeast-1

  • me-south-1

  • sa-east-1

  • ap-east-1

  • cn-north-1

  • us-gov-west-1

  • ap-southeast-1

  • ap-southeast-2

  • us-iso-east-1

  • ap-southeast-3

  • ap-southeast-4

  • us-east-1

  • us-east-2

  • cn-northwest-1

  • us-isob-east-1

  • aws-global

  • aws-cn-global

  • aws-us-gov-global

  • aws-iso-global

  • aws-iso-b-global

String

uriEndpointOverride (producer)

Set the overriding uri endpoint. This option needs to be used in combination with overrideEndpoint option.

String

lazyStartProducer (producer (advanced))

Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing.

false

boolean

mskClient (advanced)

Autowired To use an existing configured AWS MSK client.

KafkaClient

proxyHost (proxy)

To define a proxy host when instantiating the MSK client.

String

proxyPort (proxy)

To define a proxy port when instantiating the MSK client.

Integer

proxyProtocol (proxy)

To define a proxy protocol when instantiating the MSK client.

Enum values:

  • HTTP

  • HTTPS

HTTPS

Protocol

accessKey (security)

Amazon AWS Access Key.

String

profileCredentialsName (security)

If using a profile credentials provider, this parameter will set the profile name.

String

secretKey (security)

Amazon AWS Secret Key.

String

sessionToken (security)

Amazon AWS Session Token used when the user needs to assume an IAM role.

String

trustAllCertificates (security)

If we want to trust all certificates in case of overriding the endpoint.

false

boolean

useDefaultCredentialsProvider (security)

Set whether the Kafka client should expect to load credentials through a default credentials provider or to expect static credentials to be passed in.

false

boolean

useProfileCredentialsProvider (security)

Set whether the MSK client should expect to load credentials through a profile credentials provider.

false

boolean

useSessionCredentials (security)

Set whether the MSK client should expect to use Session Credentials. This is useful in a situation in which the user needs to assume an IAM role for doing operations in MSK.

false

boolean

Required MSK component options

You have to provide the amazonMskClient in the Registry or your accessKey and secretKey to access the Amazon MSK service.

Usage

Static credentials vs Default Credential Provider

You have the possibility of avoiding the usage of explicit static credentials by specifying the useDefaultCredentialsProvider option and set it to true.

  • Java system properties - aws.accessKeyId and aws.secretKey.

  • Environment variables - AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY.

  • Web Identity Token from AWS STS.

  • The shared credentials and config files.

  • Amazon ECS container credentials - loaded from the Amazon ECS if the environment variable AWS_CONTAINER_CREDENTIALS_RELATIVE_URI is set.

  • Amazon EC2 Instance profile credentials.

For more information about this you can look at AWS credentials documentation

Message Headers

The AWS Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK) component supports 7 message header(s), which is/are listed below:

Name Description Default Type

CamelAwsMSKOperation (producer)

Constant: OPERATION

The operation we want to perform.

String

CamelAwsMSKClusterFilter (producer)

Constant: CLUSTERS_FILTER

The cluster name filter for list operation.

String

CamelAwsMSKClusterName (producer)

Constant: CLUSTER_NAME

The cluster name for list and create operation.

String

CamelAwsMSKClusterArn (producer)

Constant: CLUSTER_ARN

The cluster arn for delete operation.

String

CamelAwsMSKClusterKafkaVersion (producer)

Constant: CLUSTER_KAFKA_VERSION

The Kafka for the cluster during create operation.

String

CamelAwsMSKBrokerNodesNumber (producer)

Constant: BROKER_NODES_NUMBER

The number of nodes for the cluster during create operation.

Integer

CamelAwsMSKBrokerNodesGroupInfo (producer)

Constant: BROKER_NODES_GROUP_INFO

The Broker nodes group info to provide during the create operation.

BrokerNodeGroupInfo

MSK Producer operations

Camel-AWS MSK component provides the following operation on the producer side:

  • listClusters

  • createCluster

  • deleteCluster

  • describeCluster

Examples

Producer Examples

  • listClusters: this operation will list the available MSK Brokers in AWS

from("direct:listClusters")
    .to("aws2-msk://test?mskClient=#amazonMskClient&operation=listClusters")

  • createCluster: this operation will create an MSK Cluster in AWS

from("direct:createCluster")
    .process(new Processor() {
       @Override
       public void process(Exchange exchange) throws Exception {
                exchange.getIn().setHeader(MSK2Constants.CLUSTER_NAME, "test-kafka");
                exchange.getIn().setHeader(MSK2Constants.CLUSTER_KAFKA_VERSION, "2.1.1");
                exchange.getIn().setHeader(MSK2Constants.BROKER_NODES_NUMBER, 2);
                BrokerNodeGroupInfo groupInfo = BrokerNodeGroupInfo.builder().build();
                exchange.getIn().setHeader(MSK2Constants.BROKER_NODES_GROUP_INFO, groupInfo);
       }
    })
    .to("aws2-msk://test?mskClient=#amazonMskClient&operation=createCluster")

  • deleteCluster: this operation will delete an MSK Cluster in AWS

from("direct:deleteCluster")
    .setHeader(MSK2Constants.CLUSTER_ARN, constant("test-kafka"));
    .to("aws2-msk://test?mskClient=#amazonMskClient&operation=deleteCluster")
from("direct:createCluster")
    .process(new Processor() {
       @Override
       public void process(Exchange exchange) throws Exception {
                exchange.getIn().setHeader(MSK2Constants.CLUSTER_NAME, "test-kafka");
                exchange.getIn().setHeader(MSK2Constants.CLUSTER_KAFKA_VERSION, "2.1.1");
                exchange.getIn().setHeader(MSK2Constants.BROKER_NODES_NUMBER, 2);
                BrokerNodeGroupInfo groupInfo = BrokerNodeGroupInfo.builder().build();
                exchange.getIn().setHeader(MSK2Constants.BROKER_NODES_GROUP_INFO, groupInfo);
       }
    })
    .to("aws2-msk://test?mskClient=#amazonMskClient&operation=deleteCluster")

Using a POJO as body

Sometimes building an AWS Request can be complex because of multiple options. We introduce the possibility to use a POJO as the body. In AWS MSK, there are multiple operations you can submit, as an example for List clusters request, you can do something like:

from("direct:aws2-msk")
     .setBody(ListClustersRequest.builder().maxResults(10).build())
     .to("aws2-msk://test?mskClient=#amazonMskClient&operation=listClusters&pojoRequest=true")

In this way, you’ll pass the request directly without the need of passing headers and options specifically related to this operation.

Dependencies

Maven users will need to add the following dependency to their pom.xml.

pom.xml

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-aws2-msk</artifactId>
    <version>${camel-version}</version>
</dependency>

where ${camel-version} must be replaced by the actual version of Camel.