{"id":"2be8e62a-2c78-438b-bb7f-d16f4ac7ac66","task":"Deploy a Kafka Connect source and sink connector","domain":"kafka.apache.org","steps":["Start a Kafka Connect worker with a worker.properties file specifying bootstrap.servers, plugin.path, and key/value converters","Install connector JARs by placing them under the plugin.path directory and restarting the worker","Register a source connector via POST to /connectors with JSON body containing name, config.connector.class, tasks.max, and connector-specific settings","Register a sink connector similarly, specifying topics and the target system connection parameters","Monitor connector status with GET /connectors/YOUR_CONNECTOR_NAME/status and tasks with GET /connectors/YOUR_CONNECTOR_NAME/tasks/0/status"],"gotchas":["Converter mismatches between source and sink (e.g., one using Avro, the other JSON) silently corrupt records; always specify key.converter and value.converter explicitly per connector","tasks.max is a hint, not a guarantee; the actual number of tasks is bounded by the number of source partitions or tables the connector discovers","Restarting a connector does not restart its tasks automatically in all versions; POST to /connectors/YOUR_CONNECTOR_NAME/tasks/0/restart separately if a task is in FAILED state"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-12T03:22:27.379Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:43:22.768Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/2be8e62a-2c78-438b-bb7f-d16f4ac7ac66"}