Create connector

To create the connector

1. Sign in to the Amazon Web Services Management Console, and open the Amazon MSK console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/msk/home?region=us-east-1#/home/.

2. In the left pane, expand MSK Connect, then choose Connectors.

3. Choose Create connector.

4. In the list of plugins, choose mkc-tutorial-plugin, then choose Next.

5. For the connector name enter mkc-tutorial-connector.

6. In the list of clusters, choose mkc-tutorial-cluster.

7. In the Connector network settings section, choose one of the following for network type:

   • IPv4 (default) - For connectivity to destinations over IPv4 only

   • Dual-stack - For connectivity to destinations over both IPv4 and IPv6 (only available if your subnets have IPv4 and IPv6 CIDR blocks associated with them)

8. Copy the following configuration and paste it into the connector configuration field.

   Make sure that you replace region with the code of the Amazon Web Services Region where you're creating the connector. Also, replace the Amazon S3 bucket name <amzn-s3-demo-bucket-my-tutorial> with the name of your bucket in the following example.

   connector.class=io.confluent.connect.s3.S3SinkConnector
   s3.region=us-east-1
   format.class=io.confluent.connect.s3.format.json.JsonFormat
   flush.size=1
   schema.compatibility=NONE
   tasks.max=2
   topics=mkc-tutorial-topic
   partitioner.class=io.confluent.connect.storage.partitioner.DefaultPartitioner
   storage.class=io.confluent.connect.s3.storage.S3Storage
   s3.bucket.name=<amzn-s3-demo-bucket-my-tutorial>
   topics.dir=tutorial

9. Under Access permissions choose mkc-tutorial-role.

10. Choose Next. On the Security page, choose Next again.

11. On the Logs page choose Next.

12. On the Review and create page, review your connector configuration and choose Create connector.