Splunk® Connect for Kafka

Install and Administer Splunk Connect for Kafka

This documentation does not apply to the most recent version of Splunk® Connect for Kafka. For documentation on the most recent version, go to the latest release.

Upgrade Splunk Kafka Connect

See the following steps to upgrade to the latest version of Splunk Connect for Kafka.

  1. Navigate to the Splunk Connect for Kafka repository on github and download the latest splunk-kafka-connect-[VERSION].jar release.
  2. Stop all Splunk Connect for Kafka workers.
  3. Remove the old Splunk Connect for Kafka plugin from your deployment's plugin path or classpath.
  4. Install the new Splunk Connect for Kafka plugin using the installation instructions in the Install Splunk Connect for Kafka topic in this manual.
  5. Start up your deployment's workers.
  6. Start up the Splunk Connect for Kafka.

For more information on Kafka commands, see the Splunk Connect for Kafka commands section of the Install and Administer Splunk Connect for Kafka topic in this manual.

Last modified on 08 January, 2021
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Connect for Kafka: 2.0.2

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