Kafka Connect in 60 seconds
Tags: apachekafka, dataengineering, bigdata, dataintegration
Published: 2020-09-11 15:02:58

Kafka Connect is the integration API for Apache Kafka. Check out this video for an overview of what Kafka Connect enables you to do, and how to do it. 

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## From Zero to Hero with Kafka Connect

45 minute conference talk all about Kafka Connect with live demo!

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## Kafka Connect blogs

* [Kafka Connect Deep Dive – Error Handling and Dead Letter Queues](https://www.confluent.io/blog/kafka-connect-deep-dive-error-handling-dead-letter-queues?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=rmoff&utm_campaign=ty.community.con.rmoff_devto_kcin60&utm_term=rmoff-devx)
* [Kafka Connect Deep Dive – JDBC Source Connector](https://www.confluent.io/blog/kafka-connect-deep-dive-jdbc-source-connector?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=rmoff&utm_campaign=ty.community.con.rmoff_devto_kcin60&utm_term=rmoff-devx)
* [Kafka Connect Deep Dive – Converters and Serialization Explained](https://www.confluent.io/blog/kafka-connect-deep-dive-converters-serialization-explained?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=rmoff&utm_campaign=ty.community.con.rmoff_devto_kcin60&utm_term=rmoff-devx)
* [No More Silos: How to Integrate Your Databases with Apache Kafka and CDC](https://www.confluent.io/blog/no-more-silos-how-to-integrate-your-databases-with-apache-kafka-and-cdc?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=rmoff&utm_campaign=ty.community.con.rmoff_devto_kcin60&utm_term=rmoff-devx)
* [The Simplest Useful Kafka Connect Data Pipeline in the World…or Thereabouts – Part 1](https://www.confluent.io/blog/simplest-useful-kafka-connect-data-pipeline-world-thereabouts-part-1/?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=rmoff&utm_campaign=ty.community.con.rmoff_devto_kcin60&utm_term=rmoff-devx)
* [The Simplest Useful Kafka Connect Data Pipeline in the World…or Thereabouts – Part 2](https://www.confluent.io/blog/the-simplest-useful-kafka-connect-data-pipeline-in-the-world-or-thereabouts-part-2/?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=rmoff&utm_campaign=ty.community.con.rmoff_devto_kcin60&utm_term=rmoff-devx)
* [The Simplest Useful Kafka Connect Data Pipeline in the World…or Thereabouts – Part 3](https://www.confluent.io/blog/simplest-useful-kafka-connect-data-pipeline-world-thereabouts-part-3/?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=rmoff&utm_campaign=ty.community.con.rmoff_devto_kcin60&utm_term=rmoff-devx)
* [Pipeline to the Cloud – Streaming On-Premises Data for Cloud Analytics](https://www.confluent.io/blog/cloud-analytics-for-on-premises-data-streams-with-kafka?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=rmoff&utm_campaign=ty.community.con.rmoff_devto_kcin60&utm_term=rmoff-devx)
* [🚂 On Track with Apache Kafka – Building a Streaming ETL Solution with Rail Data](https://www.confluent.io/blog/build-streaming-etl-solutions-with-kafka-and-rail-data?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=rmoff&utm_campaign=ty.community.con.rmoff_devto_kcin60&utm_term=rmoff-devx)