Setting up the Debezium Db2 Source connector [Technical preview]

Learn about the CDP specific setup steps required before you can deploy the Debezium Db2 Source connector.

In CDP, before deploying an instance of the Debezium Db2 Source connector, you must download and deploy the Db2 JDBC driver on all Kafka Connect hosts. Otherwise, you will not be able to deploy the connector. The following list of steps walks you through this process.

For more information regarding how the Debezium DB2 connector works as well as its configuration and properties, see Debezium connector for Db2 in the Debezium documentation.

Download the Db2 JDBC driver.
The JDBC driver can be downloaded from Maven Central. Cloudera recommends that you use version 11.5.0.0.
Copy and rename the driver to the location specified in the JDBC Driver Jars Path For Debezium Kafka property.
The default location is /var/lib/kafka_connect_jdbc. The JDBC driver must be renamed to db2-connector-java.jar. For example:
```
cp ./jcc-[***VERSION***].jar var/lib/kafka_connect_jdbc/db2-connector-java.jar
```

Set correct file permissions. For example:

chmod 644 /var/lib/kafka_connect_jdbc/db2-connector-java.jar

In Cloudera Manager, restart the Kafka service.

The Db2 JDBC driver is deployed on all Kafka Connect hosts. Deploying an instance of the Debezium Db2 Source connector in your cluster is now possible.

Deploy an instance of the Debezium Db2 Source connector. Additionally, review Debezium connector for Db2 in the Debezium documentation to learn more about the connector and its features.