Redpanda

Overview

Redpanda is an Apache Kafka-compatible, streaming data platform.

Setting up Redpanda

1. Add integration

Select Redpanda from the integrations page.

2. Configure settings

Fill out the form with the following settings:

Setting	Required	Description
Name	TRUE	Name that will be displayed to users when selecting this integration in Superblocks
Brokers	TRUE	Comma-separated list of broker endpoints
SASL Mechanism	TRUE	Authentication mechanism. Choose between PLAIN, SCRAM SHA256, SCRAM SHA512.
Username	TRUE	Username to connect to broker
Password	TRUE	Password for broker username
Enable SSL	FALSE	Connect via SSL if selected (SSL encryption should always be used if SASL mechanism is PLAIN)

3. Test and save

Click Test Connection to check that Superblocks can connect to the data source.

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If using Superblocks Cloud, add these Superblocks IPs to your allowlist (not necessary for On-Premise-Agent)

After connecting successfully, click Create to save the integration.

4. Set profiles

Optionally, configure different profiles for separate development environments.

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Redpanda Connected You can now consume and produce messages through Redpanda in any Application, Workflow, or Scheduled Job.

Use Redpanda in APIs

Connect to your Redpanda integration from Superblocks by creating steps in Application backend APIs, Workflows, and Scheduled Jobs. A Redpanda step can perform a Consume or Produce action.

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For Kafka-based integrations, Consume steps must be added inside a Stream block, whereas Produce actions cannot. For general concepts around streaming in Superblocks, see Streaming Applications.

Consume

Produce