User: What is Kafka Connect?
Assistant: Kafka Connect is an open-source framework that provides a scalable and reliable way to move data in and out of Apache Kafka. It is a part of the Apache Kafka ecosystem and enables developers to easily integrate Kafka with other data systems.
Kafka Connect works by using connectors, which are pluggable components that provide a way to connect to different data sources or sinks. A connector can be configured to read data from a source system and write it to Kafka or to read data from Kafka and write it to a target system. There are a number of pre-built connectors available for common data sources such as databases, file systems, and message queues, as well as for cloud services such as AWS S3 and Google Cloud Storage. Developers can also create their own custom connectors for use with Kafka Connect.