nats sink NATS Sink

Provided by: "Apache Software Foundation"

Support Level for this Kamelet is: "Preview"

Send data to NATS topics.

Configuration Options

The following table summarizes the configuration options available for the nats-sink Kamelet:

Property Name Description Type Default Example

servers *

Servers

Comma separated list of NATS Servers

string

topic *

Topic

NATS Topic name

string
Fields marked with (*) are mandatory.

Usage

This section summarizes how the nats-sink can be used in various contexts.

Knative Sink

The nats-sink Kamelet can be used as Knative sink by binding it to a Knative object.

nats-sink-binding.yaml
apiVersion: camel.apache.org/v1alpha1
kind: KameletBinding
metadata:
  name: nats-sink-binding
spec:
  source:
    ref:
      kind: Channel
      apiVersion: messaging.knative.dev/v1
      name: mychannel
  sink:
    ref:
      kind: Kamelet
      apiVersion: camel.apache.org/v1alpha1
      name: nats-sink
    properties:
      servers: "The Servers"
      topic: "The Topic"

Make sure you have Camel K installed into the Kubernetes cluster you’re connected to.

Save the nats-sink-binding.yaml file into your hard drive, then configure it according to your needs.

You can run the sink using the following command:

kubectl apply -f nats-sink-binding.yaml

Dependencies

The Kamelet needs the following dependencies:

  • camel:nats

  • camel:kamelet

Binding to Knative using the Kamel CLI:

The procedure described above can be simplified into a single execution of the kamel bind command:

kamel bind channel:mychannel nats-sink -p "sink.servers=The Servers" -p "sink.topic=The Topic"

This will create the KameletBinding under the hood and apply it to the current namespace in the cluster.

Kafka Sink

The nats-sink Kamelet can be used as Kafka sink by binding it to a Kafka topic.

nats-sink-binding.yaml
apiVersion: camel.apache.org/v1alpha1
kind: KameletBinding
metadata:
  name: nats-sink-binding
spec:
  source:
    ref:
      kind: KafkaTopic
      apiVersion: kafka.strimzi.io/v1beta1
      name: my-topic
  sink:
    ref:
      kind: Kamelet
      apiVersion: camel.apache.org/v1alpha1
      name: nats-sink
    properties:
      servers: "The Servers"
      topic: "The Topic"

Ensure that you’ve installed Strimzi and created a topic named my-topic in the current namespace. Make also sure you have Camel K installed into the Kubernetes cluster you’re connected to.

Save the nats-sink-binding.yaml file into your hard drive, then configure it according to your needs.

You can run the sink using the following command:

kubectl apply -f nats-sink-binding.yaml

Binding to Kafka using the Kamel CLI:

The procedure described above can be simplified into a single execution of the kamel bind command:

kamel bind kafka.strimzi.io/v1beta1:KafkaTopic:my-topic nats-sink -p "sink.servers=The Servers" -p "sink.topic=The Topic"

This will create the KameletBinding under the hood and apply it to the current namespace in the cluster.

Kamelet source file

Have a look at the following link:

https://github.com/apache/camel-kamelets/blob/main/nats-sink.kamelet.yaml

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