How Can I run debezium mysql connector using kafka connect of ambari deployment?

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I am trying to pull data from mysql and I am using kafka provided by ambari.I am new to kafka and have few doubts.

1. where I can find logs for running kafka connect cluster and debezium connectors?

2. I am not using confluent, do i need to configure schema registry and why it is used?

[#2]

@Shobhna Dhami Answer to the first question

1. where I can find logs for running kafka connect cluster and debezium connectors?

The logs are located here > /var/log/kafka

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@Shobhna Dhami

2. I am not using confluent, do i need to configure schema registry and why it is used?

Yes if data is in Avro format. It stores a versioned history of all schemas, provides multiple compatibility settings and allows evolution of schemas according to the configured compatibility settings and expanded Avro support. Read More

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You only need to use a Schema Registry if you plain on using Confluent's AvroConverter

Note: NiFI can also be used to do CDC from MySQL https://community.hortonworks.com/articles/113941/change-data-capture-cdc-with-apache-nifi-version-1...