eliaslevy commented on a change in pull request #6889: [FLINK-10599][Documentation] Provide documentation for the modern kafka connector URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/6889#discussion_r227035809
########## File path: docs/dev/connectors/kafka.md ########## @@ -100,6 +108,31 @@ Note that the streaming connectors are currently not part of the binary distribu * Follow the instructions from [Kafka's quickstart](https://kafka.apache.org/documentation.html#quickstart) to download the code and launch a server (launching a Zookeeper and a Kafka server is required every time before starting the application). * If the Kafka and Zookeeper servers are running on a remote machine, then the `advertised.host.name` setting in the `config/server.properties` file must be set to the machine's IP address. +## Modern Kafka Connector + +Starting with Flink 1.7, it will provide a new connector for the modern Kafka. It is different from any previous Kafka connector, it does not bind a fixed version of Kafka client, but it will track and support the latest version of Kafka Client. +The modern Kafka connector does not rely on any older version of the kafka connector and relies only on the underlying implementation of the kafka connector, which allows it to get rid of the historical burden and keep up with the latest version of the Kafka client. + +Note that if your version of Kafka Server exceeds 0.11, then we recommend you use the modern Kafka connector. The specific version of the kafka connector will continue to maintain and fix related issues. When you use the old version of Kafka (for example, 0.11, 0.10, 0.9, 0.8), we still recommend that you use the connector corresponding to the corresponding version, because they are precisely matched. Review comment: ```suggestion If your Kafka broker version is 1.0.0 or newer, you should use this Kafka connector. If you use an older version of Kafka (0.11, 0.10, 0.9, or 0.8), you should use the connector corresponding to the broker version. ``` ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] With regards, Apache Git Services
