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Kafka (Message queue service)

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Apache Kafka is an open-source stream-processing software platform.

It is a framework for storing, reading and analyzing streaming data. See the Kafka documentation for more information.

Supported versions Anchor to this heading

You can select the major and minor version.

Patch versions are applied periodically for bug fixes and the like. When you deploy your app, you always get the latest available patches.

Grid Dedicated Gen 3 Dedicated Gen 2
  • 3.7
  • 3.6
  • 3.4
  • 3.2
None available None available

Example information available through the PLATFORM_RELATIONSHIPS environment variable or by running platform relationships.

Note that the information about the relationship can change when an app is redeployed or restarted or the relationship is changed. So your apps should only rely on the PLATFORM_RELATIONSHIPS environment variable directly rather than hard coding any values.

{
  "service": "kafka",
  "ip": "123.456.78.90",
  "hostname": "azertyuiopqsdfghjklm.kafka.service._.eu-1.platformsh.site",
  "cluster": "azertyuiop-main-7rqtwti",
  "host": "kafka.internal",
  "rel": "kafka",
  "scheme": "kafka",
  "type": "kafka:3.7",
  "port": 9092
}

Usage example Anchor to this heading

1. Configure the service Anchor to this heading

To define the service, use the kafka type:

.platform/services.yaml
# The name of the service container. Must be unique within a project.
<SERVICE_NAME>:
  type: kafka:<VERSION>
  disk: 256

Note that changing the name of the service replaces it with a brand new service and all existing data is lost. Back up your data before changing the service.

2. Define the relationship Anchor to this heading

To define the relationship, use the following configuration:

.platform.app.yaml
name: myapp
# Relationships enable access from this app to a given service.
# The example below shows simplified configuration leveraging a default service
# (identified from the relationship name) and a default endpoint.
# See the Application reference for all options for defining relationships and endpoints.
relationships:
  <SERVICE_NAME>:

You can define <SERVICE_NAME> as you like, so long as it’s unique between all defined services and matches in both the application and services configuration.

The example above leverages default endpoint configuration for relationships. That is, it uses default endpoints behind-the-scenes, providing a relationship (the network address a service is accessible from) that is identical to the name of that service.

Depending on your needs, instead of default endpoint configuration, you can use explicit endpoint configuration.

With the above definition, the application container now has access to the service via the relationship <SERVICE_NAME> and its corresponding PLATFORM_RELATIONSHIPS environment variable.

.platform.app.yaml
name: myapp
# Relationships enable access from this app to a given service.
# The example below shows configuration with an explicitly set service name and endpoint.
# See the Application reference for all options for defining relationships and endpoints.
# Note that legacy definition of the relationship is still supported.
# More information: https://docs.platform.sh/create-apps/app-reference/single-runtime-image.html#relationships
relationships:
  <RELATIONSHIP_NAME>:
    service: <SERVICE_NAME>
    endpoint: kafka

You can define <SERVICE_NAME> and <RELATIONSHIP_NAME> as you like, so long as it’s unique between all defined services and relationships and matches in both the application and services configuration.

The example above leverages explicit endpoint configuration for relationships.

Depending on your needs, instead of explicit endpoint configuration, you can use default endpoint configuration.

With the above definition, the application container now has access to the service via the relationship <RELATIONSHIP_NAME> and its corresponding PLATFORM_RELATIONSHIPS environment variable.

Example configuration Anchor to this heading

Service definition Anchor to this heading

.platform/services.yaml
# The name of the service container. Must be unique within a project.
kafka:
  type: kafka:3.7
  disk: 256

App configuration Anchor to this heading

.platform.app.yaml
name: myapp
# Relationships enable access from this app to a given service.
# The example below shows simplified configuration leveraging a default service
# (identified from the relationship name) and a default endpoint.
# See the Application reference for all options for defining relationships and endpoints.
relationships:
  kafka:
.platform.app.yaml
name: myapp
# Relationships enable access from this app to a given service.
# The example below shows configuration with an explicitly set service name and endpoint.
# See the Application reference for all options for defining relationships and endpoints.
# Note that legacy definition of the relationship is still supported.
# More information: https://docs.platform.sh/create-apps/app-reference/single-runtime-image.html#relationships
relationships:
  kafka:
    service: kafka
    endpoint: kafka

Use in app Anchor to this heading

To use the configured service in your app, add a configuration file similar to the following to your project.

package sh.platform.languages.sample;

import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.Consumer;
import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerConfig;
import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerRecords;
import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.Producer;
import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerConfig;
import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerRecord;
import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.RecordMetadata;
import sh.platform.config.Config;
import sh.platform.config.Kafka;

import java.time.Duration;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.function.Supplier;

public class KafkaSample implements Supplier<String> {

    @Override
    public String get() {
        StringBuilder logger = new StringBuilder();

        // Create a new config object to ease reading the Platform.sh environment variables.
        // You can alternatively use getenv() yourself.
        Config config = new Config();

        try {
            // Get the credentials to connect to the Kafka service.
            final Kafka kafka = config.getCredential("kafka", Kafka::new);
            Map<String, Object> configProducer = new HashMap<>();
            configProducer.putIfAbsent(ProducerConfig.CLIENT_ID_CONFIG, "animals");
            final Producer<Long, String> producer = kafka.getProducer(configProducer);

            logger.append("<ul>");
            // Sending data into the stream.
            RecordMetadata metadata = producer.send(new ProducerRecord<>("animals", "lion")).get();
            logger.append("<li>Record sent with to partition <code>").append(metadata.partition())
                    .append("</code> with offset <code>").append(metadata.offset()).append("</code></li>");

            metadata = producer.send(new ProducerRecord<>("animals", "dog")).get();
            logger.append("<li>Record sent with to partition <code>").append(metadata.partition())
                    .append("</code> with offset <code>").append(metadata.offset()).append("</code></li>");

            metadata = producer.send(new ProducerRecord<>("animals", "cat")).get();
            logger.append("<li>Record sent with to partition <code>").append(metadata.partition())
                    .append("</code> with offset <code>").append(metadata.offset()).append("</code></li>");
            logger.append("</ul>");

            // Consumer, read data from the stream.
            final HashMap<String, Object> configConsumer = new HashMap<>();
            configConsumer.put(ConsumerConfig.GROUP_ID_CONFIG, "consumerGroup1");
            configConsumer.put(ConsumerConfig.AUTO_OFFSET_RESET_CONFIG, "earliest");

            Consumer<Long, String> consumer = kafka.getConsumer(configConsumer, "animals");
            ConsumerRecords<Long, String> consumerRecords = consumer.poll(Duration.ofSeconds(3));

            logger.append("<ul>");
            // Print each record.
            consumerRecords.forEach(record -> {
                logger.append("<li>Record: Key <code>" + record.key());
                logger.append("</code> value <code>" + record.value());
                logger.append("</code> partition <code>" + record.partition());
                logger.append("</code> offset <code>" + record.offset()).append("</code></li>");
            });
            logger.append("</ul>");

            // Commits the offset of record to broker.
            consumer.commitSync();

            return logger.toString();
        } catch (Exception exp) {
            throw new RuntimeException("An error when execute Kafka", exp);
        }
    }
}
from json import dumps
from json import loads
from kafka import KafkaConsumer, KafkaProducer
from platformshconfig import Config


def usage_example():
    # Create a new Config object to ease reading the Platform.sh environment variables.
    # You can alternatively use os.environ yourself.
    config = Config()
    # Get the credentials to connect to the Kafka service.
    credentials = config.credentials('kafka')
    
    try:
        kafka_server = '{}:{}'.format(credentials['host'], credentials['port'])
        
        # Producer
        producer = KafkaProducer(
            bootstrap_servers=[kafka_server],
            value_serializer=lambda x: dumps(x).encode('utf-8')
        )
        for e in range(10):
            data = {'number' : e}
            producer.send('numtest', value=data)
        
        # Consumer
        consumer = KafkaConsumer(
            bootstrap_servers=[kafka_server],
            auto_offset_reset='earliest'
        )
        
        consumer.subscribe(['numtest'])
        
        output = ''
        # For demonstration purposes so it doesn't block.
        for e in range(10):
            message = next(consumer)
            output += str(loads(message.value.decode('UTF-8'))["number"]) + ', '

        # What a real implementation would do instead.
        # for message in consumer:
        #     output += loads(message.value.decode('UTF-8'))["number"]

        return output
    
    except Exception as e:
        return e

## With the ruby-kafka gem

# Producer
require "kafka"
kafka = Kafka.new(["kafka.internal:9092"], client_id: "my-application")
kafka.deliver_message("Hello, World!", topic: "greetings")

# Consumer
kafka.each_message(topic: "greetings") do |message|
  puts message.offset, message.key, message.value
end

The specific way to inject configuration into your application varies. Consult your application or framework’s documentation.

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