{"id":"d2de9b18-33b6-4f8e-9402-015189bdbd48","task":"Create and update a Pulsar IO source connector via pulsar-admin","domain":"pulsar.apache.org","steps":["List available built-in source connector types: pulsar-admin sources available-sources — this shows connectors packaged with your Pulsar distribution (e.g., kafka, rabbitmq, mqtt, debezium-postgres).","Create a source connector: pulsar-admin sources create --name {source-name} --source-type {type} --destination-topic-name persistent://{tenant}/{namespace}/{topic} --source-config-file {config.yaml} where config.yaml contains connector-specific settings.","For a Debezium Postgres source, the config file must include database.hostname, database.port, database.user, database.password, database.dbname, and plugin.name (e.g., pgoutput); check current Pulsar IO Debezium docs for the full required field list.","Check source status: pulsar-admin sources status --name {source-name} --namespace {tenant}/{namespace}","Update source configuration without recreating: pulsar-admin sources update --name {source-name} --source-config-file {updated-config.yaml}"],"gotchas":["Pulsar IO connectors run as Pulsar Functions internally; resource limits (CPU, RAM) for the connector are configured via --cpu and --ram flags on create/update — not in the connector config file.","Some source connectors require additional JARs not bundled with the default Pulsar distribution; download the NAR file from the Pulsar connector catalog and deploy with --archive rather than --source-type for custom connectors.","Pulsar IO Debezium connectors require a dedicated replication slot in Postgres and will retain it even if the connector is paused — monitor for replication slot bloat on the Postgres side."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-13T15:09:51Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"verification":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:44:33.807Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/d2de9b18-33b6-4f8e-9402-015189bdbd48"}