Kafka newbie here.
Environment setup
OS: Ubuntu 20.04
Kafka is installed locally on the machine within the home folder. Both Kafka and Zookeeper services are running.
I am trying to configure the Kafka connect to connect to database hosted within a SQL Server container that I built with the command below
docker run --name SQL19 -p 1433:1433 -e "ACCEPT_EULA=Y" -e "SA_PASSWORD=Password258*" -e "MSSQL_AGENT_ENABLED=True" -v ~/SqlDockerVol/userdatabase:/userdatabase -v ~/SqlDockerVol/sqlbackups:/sqlbackups -d mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2019-latest
The container is running and can connect successfully.
I enabled the CDC on the database level and on the table level.
EXEC sys.sp_cdc_enable_db
GO
EXEC sys.sp_cdc_enable_table
@source_schema = N'dbo',
@source_name = N'WorkQueue',
@role_name = NULL,
@supports_net_changes = 1
Connector properties file
name= DebeziumSQLServerconnector
connector.class= io.debezium.connector.sqlserver.SqlServerConnector
database.hostname=linuxdesktop
database.port= 1433
database.user= sa
database.password= Password258*
database.dbname= mydb
database.server.name= linuxdesktop
table.include.list= dbo.WorkQueue
database.history.kafka.bootstrap.servers= linuxdesktop:9092
database.history.kafka.topic= dbhistory.mydb
connect-standalone.properties plugin.path
plugin.path=/home/vinu/kafka-server/connector
I copied all the .JAR files into the plugin.path
I then tried to start the connector with the command below
~/kafka-server/bin/connect-standalone.sh ~/kafka-server/config/connect-standalone.properties DebeziumSQLServerconnector.properties
But process fails to start and get the following error message
2021-03-15 13:36:36,752] ERROR Failed to create job for DebeziumSQLServerconnector.properties (org.apache.kafka.connect.cli.ConnectStandalone:110) [2021-03-15 13:36:36,753] ERROR Stopping after connector error (org.apache.kafka.connect.cli.ConnectStandalone:121) java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.apache.kafka.connect.errors.ConnectException: Failed to find any class that implements Connector and which name matches io.debezium.connector.sqlserver.SqlServerConnector , available connectors are: PluginDesc{klass=class io.debezium.connector.sqlserver.SqlServerConnector, name='io.debezium.connector.sqlserver.SqlServerConnector', version='1.4.2.Final', encodedVersion=1.4.2.Final, type=source, typeName='source', location='file:/home/vinu/kafka-server/connector/debezium-connector-sqlserver/'}, PluginDesc{klass=class org.apache.kafka.connect.file.FileStreamSinkConnector, name='org.apache.kafka.connect.file.FileStreamSinkConnector', version='2.7.0', encodedVersion=2.7.0, type=sink, typeName='sink', location='classpath'}, PluginDesc{klass=class org.apache.kafka.connect.file.FileStreamSourceConnector, name='org.apache.kafka.connect.file.FileStreamSourceConnector', version='2.7.0', encodedVersion=2.7.0, type=source, typeName='source', location='classpath'}, PluginDesc{klass=class org.apache.kafka.connect.mirror.MirrorCheckpointConnector, name='org.apache.kafka.connect.mirror.MirrorCheckpointConnector', version='1', encodedVersion=1, type=source, typeName='source', location='classpath'}, PluginDesc{klass=class org.apache.kafka.connect.mirror.MirrorHeartbeatConnector, name='org.apache.kafka.connect.mirror.MirrorHeartbeatConnector', version='1', encodedVersion=1, type=source, typeName='source', location='classpath'}, PluginDesc{klass=class org.apache.kafka.connect.mirror.MirrorSourceConnector, name='org.apache.kafka.connect.mirror.MirrorSourceConnector', version='1', encodedVersion=1, type=source, typeName='source', location='classpath'}, PluginDesc{klass=class org.apache.kafka.connect.tools.MockConnector, name='org.apache.kafka.connect.tools.MockConnector', version='2.7.0', encodedVersion=2.7.0, type=connector, typeName='connector', location='classpath'}, PluginDesc{klass=class org.apache.kafka.connect.tools.MockSinkConnector, name='org.apache.kafka.connect.tools.MockSinkConnector', version='2.7.0', encodedVersion=2.7.0, type=sink, typeName='sink', location='classpath'}, PluginDesc{klass=class org.apache.kafka.connect.tools.MockSourceConnector, name='org.apache.kafka.connect.tools.MockSourceConnector', version='2.7.0', encodedVersion=2.7.0, type=source, typeName='source', location='classpath'}, PluginDesc{klass=class org.apache.kafka.connect.tools.SchemaSourceConnector, name='org.apache.kafka.connect.tools.SchemaSourceConnector', version='2.7.0', encodedVersion=2.7.0, type=source, typeName='source', location='classpath'}, PluginDesc{klass=class org.apache.kafka.connect.tools.VerifiableSinkConnector, name='org.apache.kafka.connect.tools.VerifiableSinkConnector', version='2.7.0', encodedVersion=2.7.0, type=source, typeName='source', location='classpath'}, PluginDesc{klass=class org.apache.kafka.connect.tools.VerifiableSourceConnector, name='org.apache.kafka.connect.tools.VerifiableSourceConnector', version='2.7.0', encodedVersion=2.7.0, type=source, typeName='source', location='classpath'} at org.apache.kafka.connect.util.ConvertingFutureCallback.result(ConvertingFutureCallback.java:115) at org.apache.kafka.connect.util.ConvertingFutureCallback.get(ConvertingFutureCallback.java:99) at org.apache.kafka.connect.cli.ConnectStandalone.main(ConnectStandalone.java:118) Caused by: org.apache.kafka.connect.errors.ConnectException: Failed to find any class that implements Connector and which name matches io.debezium.connector.sqlserver.SqlServerConnector , available connectors are: PluginDesc{klass=class io.debezium.connector.sqlserver.SqlServerConnector, name='io.debezium.connector.sqlserver.SqlServerConnector', version='1.4.2.Final', encodedVersion=1.4.2.Final, type=source, typeName='source', location='file:/home/vinu/kafka-server/connector/debezium-connector-sqlserver/'}, PluginDesc{klass=class org.apache.kafka.connect.file.FileStreamSinkConnector, name='org.apache.kafka.connect.file.FileStreamSinkConnector', version='2.7.0', encodedVersion=2.7.0, type=sink, typeName='sink', location='classpath'}, PluginDesc{klass=class org.apache.kafka.connect.file.FileStreamSourceConnector, name='org.apache.kafka.connect.file.FileStreamSourceConnector', version='2.7.0', encodedVersion=2.7.0, type=source, typeName='source', location='classpath'}, PluginDesc{klass=class org.apache.kafka.connect.mirror.MirrorCheckpointConnector, name='org.apache.kafka.connect.mirror.MirrorCheckpointConnector', version='1', encodedVersion=1, type=source, typeName='source', location='classpath'}, PluginDesc{klass=class org.apache.kafka.connect.mirror.MirrorHeartbeatConnector, name='org.apache.kafka.connect.mirror.MirrorHeartbeatConnector', version='1', encodedVersion=1, type=source, typeName='source', location='classpath'}, PluginDesc{klass=class org.apache.kafka.connect.mirror.MirrorSourceConnector, name='org.apache.kafka.connect.mirror.MirrorSourceConnector', version='1', encodedVersion=1, type=source, typeName='source', location='classpath'}, PluginDesc{klass=class org.apache.kafka.connect.tools.MockConnector, name='org.apache.kafka.connect.tools.MockConnector', version='2.7.0', encodedVersion=2.7.0, type=connector, typeName='connector', location='classpath'}, PluginDesc{klass=class org.apache.kafka.connect.tools.MockSinkConnector, name='org.apache.kafka.connect.tools.MockSinkConnector', version='2.7.0', encodedVersion=2.7.0, type=sink, typeName='sink', location='classpath'}, PluginDesc{klass=class org.apache.kafka.connect.tools.MockSourceConnector, name='org.apache.kafka.connect.tools.MockSourceConnector', version='2.7.0', encodedVersion=2.7.0, type=source, typeName='source', location='classpath'}, PluginDesc{klass=class org.apache.kafka.connect.tools.SchemaSourceConnector, name='org.apache.kafka.connect.tools.SchemaSourceConnector', version='2.7.0', encodedVersion=2.7.0, type=source, typeName='source', location='classpath'}, PluginDesc{klass=class org.apache.kafka.connect.tools.VerifiableSinkConnector, name='org.apache.kafka.connect.tools.VerifiableSinkConnector', version='2.7.0', encodedVersion=2.7.0, type=source, typeName='source', location='classpath'}, PluginDesc{klass=class org.apache.kafka.connect.tools.VerifiableSourceConnector, name='org.apache.kafka.connect.tools.VerifiableSourceConnector', version='2.7.0', encodedVersion=2.7.0, type=source, typeName='source', location='classpath'} at org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.isolation.Plugins.connectorClass(Plugins.java:208) at org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.isolation.Plugins.newConnector(Plugins.java:180) at org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.AbstractHerder.getConnector(AbstractHerder.java:572) at org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.AbstractHerder.validateConnectorConfig(AbstractHerder.java:342) at org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.AbstractHerder.lambda$validateConnectorConfig$1(AbstractHerder.java:326) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:515) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628) at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834)
What could be the problem?
NOTE All Kafka components are installed locally on the machine. The only container in my setup is SQL Server.


/home/vinu/kafka-server/connector/, not/usr/share/java, and properties files don't use colons for key-value pairs.... But output that starts withavailable connectors areclearly lists the connector you're trying to use... Note,kafka:9092isn't going to work on the host machine wherelocalhost:1433is the database connection string. I suggest running Debezium docker container - OneCricketeer