README.md

Kafka Dispatcher Service

A microservice project based on Spring Boot to send/receive/manage messages to/from a Kafka Broker.

The service delivers the following main features:

• publish messages to any topic
• register for notifications for messages on selected topics
• for each message received, trigger one or more actions
• generic and configurable with respect to topics and actions

The service works with one of the followings:

• an instance of Apache Kafka running on some on-prem resource or on the cloud
• a managed instance of Microsoft EventHubs on the cloud with the Event Hubs for Kafka feature enabled

by using the Kafka Protocol.

Quick Start

1. Prepare the configuration file.

2. Start the Kafka-Dispatcher as local application or with Docker.

Documentation

• Configuration
• Message Payload and Actions
• Running as App
• Running with Docker
• How to publish messages
• How to build the project

Messaging systems

• Setting up an Apacke Kafka instance
• Setting up Kafka-enabled Event Hubs on Azure

Built With

• Spring Boot - A framework that makes it easy to create stand-alone, production-grade Spring-based Applications
• Spring Kafka - Spring concepts for the development of Kafka-based messaging solutions
• OpenJDK - A free and open-source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition
• Maven - For dependency management