About the Kafka catalog source
You can use the Kafka catalog source to extract metadata from a Kafka source system.
Kafka is a distributed event streaming platform for data pipelines, streaming analytics, data integration, and mission-critical applications.
Configure a Kafka catalog source to extract metadata from Apache Kafka, Confluent Platform, and Confluent Cloud source systems.
Extracted metadata
You can extract specific metadata from a Kafka source system with a Kafka catalog source.
Metadata Command Center extracts the following objects from a Kafka source system:
Metadata Command Center extracts the following file types from Confluent Cloud and Apache Kafka:
- •Confluent Cloud. JSON, XML, CSV, and AVRO
- •Apache Kafka. JSON, XML, and CSV
Compatible connectors
Before you configure a Kafka catalog source, you must connect to the Kafka source system.
Use the Kafka connector to connect to the Kafka source system.
For information about configuring a connection, see Connections.