Kafka Connect & Schemas

Kafka Connect and Schema Registry form the robust data integration layer for Kafka. By reading from external databases through Change Data Capture and enforcing strict data contracts, you can protect your topic integrity and ensure downstream consumers never break.

This module explores the critical components for ingesting and governing data in a high-performance Apache Kafka ecosystem. We will cover how Kafka Connect enables reliable, code-free data streaming from external sources, and how the Schema Registry enforces data contracts through evolution rules to prevent topic poisoning. Understanding these first principles is essential for building scalable, production-ready event architectures.

Module Contents

1. Connect Architecture

2. Schema Registry

3. Evolution Rules

Review & Cheat Sheet

Module Chapters