Confluent Kafka and MongoDB connector

I needed to source data from a MongoDB change stream- using Kafka. The official Mongo DB connector is on https://www.confluent.io/hub/mongodb/kafka-connect-mongodb and is straightforward to install. If you're database server has an internet connection , use the confluent-hub method. Otherwise there is a manual install method - outlined in the link above. This is an example of using the confluent-hub method confluent-hub install mongodb/kafka-connect-mongodb:0.1 Once you've installed the connector stop | start the Confluent Connect confluent stop connect confluent start connect You should now see a new entry in the Connector list : MongoDBConnector For the connection to work there is... Read more →

MongoDB - WARNING: shell and server versions do not match

Question : Getting this WARNING when logging on to mongo MongoDB shell version v3.4.9 connecting to: mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/ MongoDB server version: 3.6.12 WARNING: shell and server versions do not match I’ve restarted mongo which hasn’t fixed the issue . Can I install manually or is this something pushed down from Ops Manager ? Answer: In this situation there are two options Copy the latest binary into /usr/bin or use the latest mongo shell version. To get the information require , execute this command ps -ef | grep -i mongod ps -ef | grep -i mongod mongod 8138 1 43 May27 ?... Read more →

How to get the Java Toolbox jt400 version through Command Line

Question: How can I get the Jave Toolbox jt400 driver details through the command Line? Answer: To get the version details of the Java Toolbox jt400 version through the command line run this command - making sure you're pointing to the right jar file java -cp ./jt400.jar utilities.AboutToolbox You should see something similar to the following response IBM Toolbox for Java: Open Source Software, JTOpen 9.8, codebase 5770-SS1 V7R3M0.00 built=20190304 @Z0 Supports JDBC version 4.2 Toolbox driver version 11.8 Read more →