30 Connecting to Microsoft Azure Event Hubs

Kafka handler supports connectivity to Microsoft Azure Event Hubs.

To connect to the Microsoft Azure Event Hubs:

1. For more information about connecting to Microsoft Azure Event Hubs, see Quickstart: Data streaming with Event Hubs using the Kafka protocol.
2. Update the Kafka Producer Configuration file as follows to connect to Micrososoft Azure Event Hubs using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)/Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols:

   bootstrap.servers=NAMESPACENAME.servicebus.windows.net:9093
   security.protocol=SASL_SSL
   sasl.mechanism=PLAIN
   sasl.jaas.config=org.apache.kafka.common.security.plain.PlainLoginModule required username="$ConnectionString" password="{YOUR.EVENTHUBS.CONNECTION.STRING}";

   See Kafka Producer Configuration File.

Connectivity to the Azure Event Hubs cannot be routed through a proxy server. Therefore, when you run Oracle GoldenGate for Big Data on premise to push data to Azure Event Hubs, you need to open your firewall to allow connectivity.