Behavioral Changes in Streams Messaging Manager

Learn about the change in certain functionality of Streams Messaging Manager that has resulted in a change in behavior from the previously released version to this version of Cloudera Runtime.

Summary:

The FileStream example connectors (FileStreamSourceConnector and FileStreamsSinkConnector) are no longer available for deployment by default using the Kafka Connect Rest API, SMM UI, or SMM REST API. The JAR file of the connector is still shipped with Cloudera Runtime, but the connectors must be installed before they can be deployed. For more information on how to install Kafka Connect connectors, see Installing Connectors

Previous behavior:

TheFileStream example connectors were available by default for deployment. In SMM, the connectors were selectable on the Connect Cluster > Connector Setup page by default.

New behavior:

TheFileStream example connectors must be installed before they can be deployed. In SMM, the connectors are no longer selectable on the Connect Cluster > Connector Setuppage by default.