In order to fulfil streaming and messaging needs while integrating using Mule 4, Kafka is among the top choices which is a widely used and well known open-source streaming and messaging platform. I already explained basic concepts of Kafka and Kafka Overview in another post which will help you to understand Kafka concepts and how Kafka works.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to send and receive Kafka Messages in Mule 4 with a step by step video tutorial.
MuleSoft Kafka Integration: How to Publish and Consume Kafka Messages Using Mule 4
In order to integrate your Mule Application with Kafka, you need to first add Kafka Module (Kafka Connector) by signing in to Exchange. Once you have added Kafka Module in your Mule 4 Project, you will see various operations available in Kafka Module including operations to send messages to Kafka topics and consuming messages from Kafka Topics.
In order to connect with Kafka, you need to ensure that Kafka server is running. I already explained in another tutorial, how to install and setup Kafka on Windows Machine and how to run Kafka Broker and Kafka Zookeeper as windows services.
Refer to below video tutorial about Mule 4 Kafka Integration and by following all the steps in this tutorial, you will learn Kafka MuleSoft Integration in detail.
If you have any ambiguities or any questions, feel free to comment below. You can refer to other video tutorials for MuleSoft related topics in the same playlist if you are interested to learn more about MuleSoft Mule 4 ESB.
