Parameter | Description/Action |
Package | Package in which to create the listener. Use Designer to create the package before specifying the value in this field. For general information about creating packages, see the webMethods Service Development Help for your release. Note: Configure the listener in a user-defined package rather than in the adapter's package. For other important considerations when creating packages for Adapter for Apache Kafka, see Package Management. |
Folder Name | Folder in which to create the listener. |
Listener Name | Name of the listener that listens for messages on a Kafka topic. |
Connection Name | Name of the connection that the listener must use to connect to the Kafka system. From the list of connections, select an appropriate consumer connection. |
Retry Limit | Number of times the adapter tries to reconnect if the adapter fails to connect, or loses connection with the Queue Manager. Default: 5 |
Retry Backoff Timeout | Time in seconds that must elapse between each of the retries specified in the Retry Limit. Default: 10 |
Parameter | Description/Action |
Topic Name(s) | Specify comma separated list of topic. |
Partition(s) | Comma separated list of partition. Note: If you have multiple partitions to listen from, then you provide comma separated list. Otherwise, provide just the single value. |
Seek from Offset(s) | The offset of the partition from where the consumer needs to start consuming the messages. |
pollInterval | Type the polling interval time in seconds. |