wlan-cloud-ucentralgw/KAFKA.md

Kafka Integration

This is a fast moving target, so please visit often or set an alert in GitHub.

Current plans

Currently, most telemetry and reports created in the gateway will be issues as topics in Kafka. You should configure your Kafka service with the following topics:

• connection : This is emitted whenever a device connects to the gateway. The report contains all ths information about the connection.
• state : This is emitted for every state report coming from the AP. This state report contains all the information of state reports.
• healthcheck : These are the healthcheck report sent from the AP.
• wifiscan : Whenever a wifiscan report is generated, it will be submitted here.
• service_events : Inter-service traffic.
• security : This will have application information (future use).
• command : Allow to send commands (future use).
• alerts : Alerts originating from devices (future use).

Structure of kafka messages

Messages use 2 formats

Device messages

Device from a device include a preamble that identifies the gateway responsible for the message. The payload includes the message itself.

Inter-service messages

No preamble is used here. The entire payload is the message. The key represents the source of the message.

Want more?

Let us know what else you would like to see in kafka. Or better, don't be shy and contribute something. We need more of you help make this into a success.