Automated Continuous Kafka Replication to Oracle

Always-on applications rely on automatic failover capabilities and real-time data access. CData Sync integrates live Kafka data into your Oracle instance, allowing you to consolidate all of your data into a single location for archiving, reporting, analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and more.

Configure Oracle as a Replication Destination

Using CData Sync, you can replicate Kafka data to Oracle. To add a replication destination, navigate to the Connections tab.

1. Click Add Connection.
2. Select Oracle as a destination.

3. Enter the necessary connection properties. To connect to Oracle, you will need the Oracle Database Client. The Instant Client is not sufficient. When you download the Oracle Database Client, ensure that the bitness matches the the bitness of the application. Additionally, when you install, select either the Runtime or Administrator installation type.

   Set the following to connect to an Oracle database:

   • Server: The host name or IP of the server hosting the Oracle database.
   • Port: The port used to connect to the server hosting the Oracle database.
   • User: The user ID provided for authentication with the Oracle database.
   • Password: The password provided for authentication with the Oracle database.
   • SID: The service name of the Oracle database.

4. Click Test Connection to ensure that the connection is configured properly.
5. Click Save Changes.

Configure the Kafka Connection

You can configure a connection to Kafka from the Connections tab. To add a connection to your Kafka account, navigate to the Connections tab.

1. Click Add Connection.
2. Select a source (Kafka).
3. Configure the connection properties.
   
   

   Set BootstrapServers and the Topic properties to specify the address of your Apache Kafka server, as well as the topic you would like to interact with.

   Authorization Mechanisms

   • SASL Plain: The User and Password properties should be specified. AuthScheme should be set to 'Plain'.
   • SASL SSL: The User and Password properties should be specified. AuthScheme should be set to 'Scram'. UseSSL should be set to true.
   • SSL: The SSLCert and SSLCertPassword properties should be specified. UseSSL should be set to true.
   • Kerberos: The User and Password properties should be specified. AuthScheme should be set to 'Kerberos'.

   You may be required to trust the server certificate. In such cases, specify the TrustStorePath and the TrustStorePassword if necessary.

4. Click Connect to ensure that the connection is configured properly.
5. Click Save Changes.

Configure Replication Queries

CData Sync enables you to control replication with a point-and-click interface and with SQL queries. For each replication you wish to configure, navigate to the Jobs tab and click Add Job. Select the Source and Destination for your replication.

Replicate Entire Tables

To replicate an entire table, click Add Tables in the Tables section, choose the table(s) you wish to replicate, and click Add Selected Tables.

Customize Your Replication

You can use the Columns and Query tabs of a task to customize your replication. The Columns tab allows you to specify which columns to replicate, rename the columns at the destination, and even perform operations on the source data before replicating. The Query tab allows you to add filters, grouping, and sorting to the replication.

Schedule Your Replication

In the Schedule section, you can schedule a job to run automatically, configuring the job to run after specified intervals ranging from once every 10 minutes to once every month.

Once you have configured the replication job, click Save Changes. You can configure any number of jobs to manage the replication of your Kafka data to Oracle.