Replicate Data to Pulsar

This document describes how to create a changefeed that replicates incremental data to Pulsar using TiCDC.

Create a replication task to replicate incremental data to Pulsar

Create a replication task by running the following command:

cdc cli changefeed create \
    --server=http://127.0.0.1:8300 \
--sink-uri="pulsar://127.0.0.1:6650/persistent://public/default/yktest?protocol=canal-json" \
--config=./t_changefeed.toml \
--changefeed-id="simple-replication-task"

Create changefeed successfully!
ID: simple-replication-task
Info: {"upstream_id":7277814241002263370,"namespace":"default","id":"simple-replication-task","sink_uri":"pulsar://127.0.0.1:6650/consumer-test?protocol=canal-json","create_time":"2024-05-24T14:42:32.000904+08:00","start_ts":444203257406423044,"config":{"memory_quota":1073741824,"case_sensitive":false,"force_replicate":false,"ignore_ineligible_table":false,"check_gc_safe_point":true,"enable_sync_point":false,"bdr_mode":false,"sync_point_interval":600000000000,"sync_point_retention":86400000000000,"filter":{"rules":["pulsar_test.*"]},"mounter":{"worker_num":16},"sink":{"protocol":"canal-json","csv":{"delimiter":",","quote":"\"","null":"\\N","include_commit_ts":false,"binary_encoding_method":"base64"},"dispatchers":[{"matcher":["pulsar_test.*"],"partition":"","topic":"test_{schema}_{table}"}],"encoder_concurrency":16,"terminator":"\r\n","date_separator":"day","enable_partition_separator":true,"only_output_updated_columns":false,"delete_only_output_handle_key_columns":false,"pulsar_config":{"connection-timeout":30,"operation-timeout":30,"batching-max-messages":1000,"batching-max-publish-delay":10,"send-timeout":30},"advance_timeout":150},"consistent":{"level":"none","max_log_size":64,"flush_interval":2000,"use_file_backend":false},"scheduler":{"enable_table_across_nodes":false,"region_threshold":100000,"write_key_threshold":0},"integrity":{"integrity_check_level":"none","corruption_handle_level":"warn"}},"state":"normal","creator_version":"v8.1.0","resolved_ts":444203257406423044,"checkpoint_ts":444203257406423044,"checkpoint_time":"2024-05-24 14:42:31.410"}

The meaning of each parameter is as follows:

• --server: the address of a TiCDC server in the TiCDC cluster.
• --changefeed-id: the ID of the replication task. The format must match the regular expression ^[a-zA-Z0-9]+(\-[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*$. If the ID is not specified, TiCDC automatically generates a UUID (in the version 4 format) as the ID.
• --sink-uri: the downstream address of the replication task. See Use Sink URI to configure Pulsar.
• --start-ts: the start TSO of the changefeed. The TiCDC cluster starts pulling data from this TSO. The default value is the current time.
• --target-ts: the target TSO of the changefeed. The TiCDC cluster stops pulling data at this TSO. It is empty by default, which means that TiCDC does not automatically stop pulling data.
• --config: the changefeed configuration file. See TiCDC changefeed configuration parameters.

Use Sink URI and changefeed config to configure Pulsar

You can use Sink URI to specify the connection information for the TiCDC target system, and use changefeed config to configure parameters related to Pulsar.

Sink URI

A Sink URI follows the following format:

[scheme]://[userinfo@][host]:[port][/path]?[query_parameters]

Configuration example 1:

--sink-uri="pulsar://127.0.0.1:6650/persistent://abc/def/yktest?protocol=canal-json"

Configuration example 2:

--sink-uri="pulsar://127.0.0.1:6650/yktest?protocol=canal-json"

The configurable parameters in a URI are as follows:

Changefeed config parameters

The following are examples of changefeed config parameters:

[sink]
# `dispatchers` is used to specify matching rules.
# Note: When the downstream MQ is Pulsar, if the routing rule for `partition` is not specified as any of `ts`, `index-value`, `table`, or `default`, each Pulsar message will be routed using the string you set as the key.
# For example, if you specify the routing rule for a matcher as the string `code`, then all Pulsar messages that match that matcher will be routed with `code` as the key.
# dispatchers = [
#    {matcher = ['test1.*', 'test2.*'], topic = "Topic expression 1", partition = "ts" },
#    {matcher = ['test3.*', 'test4.*'], topic = "Topic expression 2", partition = "index-value" },
#    {matcher = ['test1.*', 'test5.*'], topic = "Topic expression 3", partition = "table"},
#    {matcher = ['test6.*'], partition = "default"},
#    {matcher = ['test7.*'], partition = "test123"}
# ]
# `protocol` is used to specify the protocol format for encoding messages.
# When the downstream is Pulsar, the protocol can only be canal-json.
# protocol = "canal-json"
# The following parameters only take effect when the downstream is Pulsar.
[sink.pulsar-config]
# Authentication on the Pulsar server is done using a token. Specify the value of the token.
authentication-token = "xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
# When you use a token for Pulsar server authentication, specify the path to the file where the token is located.
token-from-file="/data/pulsar/token-file.txt"
# Pulsar uses the basic account and password to authenticate the identity. Specify the account.
basic-user-name="root"
# Pulsar uses the basic account and password to authenticate the identity. Specify the password.
basic-password="password"
# The certificate path on the client, which is required when Pulsar enables the mTLS authentication.
auth-tls-certificate-path="/data/pulsar/certificate"
# The private key path on the client, which is required when Pulsar enables the mTLS authentication.
auth-tls-private-key-path="/data/pulsar/certificate.key"
# The path to the trusted certificate file of the Pulsar TLS authentication, which is required when Pulsar enables the mTLS authentication or TLS encrypted transmission.
tls-trust-certs-file-path="/data/pulsar/tls-trust-certs-file"
# The path to the encrypted private key on the client, which is required when Pulsar enables TLS encrypted transmission.
tls-key-file-path="/data/pulsar/tls-key-file"
# The path to the encrypted certificate file on the client, which is required when Pulsar enables TLS encrypted transmission.
tls-certificate-file="/data/pulsar/tls-certificate-file"
# Pulsar oauth2 issuer-url. For more information, see the Pulsar website: https://pulsar.apache.org/docs/2.10.x/client-libraries-go/#tls-encryption-and-authentication
oauth2.oauth2-issuer-url="https://xxxx.auth0.com"
# Pulsar oauth2 audience
oauth2.oauth2-audience="https://xxxx.auth0.com/api/v2/"
# Pulsar oauth2 private-key
oauth2.oauth2-private-key="/data/pulsar/privateKey"
# Pulsar oauth2 client-id
oauth2.oauth2-client-id="0Xx...Yyxeny"
# Pulsar oauth2 oauth2-scope
oauth2.oauth2-scope="xxxx"
# The number of cached Pulsar producers in TiCDC. The value is 10240 by default. Each Pulsar producer corresponds to one topic. If the number of topics you need to replicate is larger than the default value, you need to increase the number.
pulsar-producer-cache-size=10240
# Pulsar data compression method. No compression is used by default. Optional values are "lz4", "zlib", and "zstd".
compression-type=""
# The timeout for the Pulsar client to establish a TCP connection with the server. The value is 5 seconds by default.
connection-timeout=5
# The timeout for Pulsar clients to initiate operations such as creating and subscribing to a topic. The value is 30 seconds by default.
operation-timeout=30
# The maximum number of messages in a single batch for a Pulsar producer to send. The value is 1000 by default.
batching-max-messages=1000
# The interval at which Pulsar producer messages are saved for batching. The value is 10 milliseconds by default.
batching-max-publish-delay=10
# The timeout for a Pulsar producer to send a message. The value is 30 seconds by default.
send-timeout=30

Best practice

• You need to specify the protocol parameter when creating a changefeed. Currently, only the canal-json protocol is supported for replicating data to Pulsar.
• The pulsar-producer-cache-size parameter indicates the number of producers cached in the Pulsar client. Because each producer in Pulsar can only correspond to one topic, TiCDC adopts the LRU method to cache producers, and the default limit is 10240. If the number of topics you need to replicate is larger than the default value, you need to increase the number.

TLS encrypted transmission

Starting from v7.5.1 and v8.0.0, TiCDC supports TLS encrypted transmission for Pulsar. The configuration example is as follows:

Sink URI:

--sink-uri="pulsar+ssl://127.0.0.1:6651/persistent://public/default/yktest?protocol=canal-json"

Configuration:

[sink.pulsar-config]
tls-trust-certs-file-path="/data/pulsar/tls-trust-certs-file"

If the tlsRequireTrustedClientCertOnConnect=true parameter is configured for your Pulsar server, you also need to configure the tls-key-file-path and tls-certificate-file parameters in the changefeed configuration file. For example:

[sink.pulsar-config]
tls-trust-certs-file-path="/data/pulsar/tls-trust-certs-file"
tls-certificate-file="/data/pulsar/tls-certificate-file"
tls-key-file-path="/data/pulsar/tls-key-file"

TiCDC authentication and authorization for Pulsar

The following is a sample configuration when you use token authentication with Pulsar:

• Token

  Sink URI:

  --sink-uri="pulsar://127.0.0.1:6650/persistent://public/default/yktest?protocol=canal-json"

  Config parameter:

  [sink.pulsar-config]
  authentication-token = "xxxxxxxxxxxxx"

• Token from file

  Sink URI:

  --sink-uri="pulsar://127.0.0.1:6650/persistent://public/default/yktest?protocol=canal-json"

  Config parameter:

  [sink.pulsar-config]
  # Pulsar uses tokens for authentication on the Pulsar server. Specify the path to the token file, which will be read from the TiCDC server.
  token-from-file="/data/pulsar/token-file.txt"

• mTLS authentication

  Sink URI:

  --sink-uri="pulsar+ssl://127.0.0.1:6651/persistent://public/default/yktest?protocol=canal-json"

  Config parameters:

  [sink.pulsar-config]
  # Certificate path of the Pulsar mTLS authentication
  auth-tls-certificate-path="/data/pulsar/certificate"
  # Private key path of the Pulsar mTLS authentication
  auth-tls-private-key-path="/data/pulsar/certificate.key"
  # Path to the trusted certificate file of the Pulsar mTLS authentication
  tls-trust-certs-file-path="/data/pulsar/tls-trust-certs-file"

• OAuth2 authentication

  Starting from v7.5.1 and v8.0.0, TiCDC supports the OAuth2 authentication for Pulsar.

  Sink URI:

  --sink-uri="pulsar://127.0.0.1:6650/persistent://public/default/yktest?protocol=canal-json"

  Config parameters:

  [sink.pulsar-config]
  # Pulsar oauth2 issuer-url. For more information, see the Pulsar website: https://pulsar.apache.org/docs/2.10.x/client-libraries-go/#oauth2-authentication
  oauth2.oauth2-issuer-url="https://xxxx.auth0.com"
  # Pulsar oauth2 audience
  oauth2.oauth2-audience="https://xxxx.auth0.com/api/v2/"
  # Pulsar oauth2 private-key
  oauth2.oauth2-private-key="/data/pulsar/privateKey"
  # Pulsar oauth2 client-id
  oauth2.oauth2-client-id="0Xx...Yyxeny"
  # Pulsar oauth2 oauth2-scope
  oauth2.oauth2-scope="xxxx"

Customize the dispatching rules for topics and partitions in Pulsar Sink

Matching rules for Matcher

Take the dispatchers configuration item in the following sample configuration file as an example:

[sink]
dispatchers = [
  {matcher = ['test1.*', 'test2.*'], topic = "Topic expression 1", partition = "ts" },
  {matcher = ['test3.*', 'test4.*'], topic = "Topic expression 2", partition = "index-value" },
  {matcher = ['test1.*', 'test5.*'], topic = "Topic expression 3", partition = "table"},
  {matcher = ['test6.*'], partition = "default"},
  {matcher = ['test7.*'], partition = "test123"}
]

• The tables that match a matcher rule are dispatched according to the policy specified by the corresponding topic expression. For example, the table test3.aa is dispatched according to Topic expression 2, and the table test5.aa is dispatched according to Topic expression 3.
• For a table that matches more than one matcher rule, it is dispatched according to the first matching topic expression. For example, the table test1.aa is dispatched according to Topic expression 1.
• For tables that do not match any matcher, the corresponding data change events are sent to the default topic specified in -sink-uri. For example, the table test10.aa is sent to the default topic.
• For tables that match the matcher rule but do not have a topic dispatcher specified, the corresponding data changes are sent to the default topic specified in -sink-uri. For example, the table test6.abc is sent to the default topic.

Topic dispatcher

You can use topic = "xxx" to specify a topic dispatcher and use topic expressions to implement flexible topic dispatching policies. It is recommended that the total number of topics be less than 1000.

The format of a topic expression is [prefix]{schema}[middle][{table}][suffix]. The following are the meanings of each part:

• prefix: Optional. Represents the prefix of the topic name.
• {schema}: Optional. Represents the database name.
• middle: Optional. Represents the separator between a database name and a table name.
• {table}: Optional. Represents the table name.
• suffix: Optional. Represents the suffix of the topic name.

prefix, middle, and suffix only support uppercase and lowercase letters (a-z, A-Z), numbers (0-9), dots (.), underscores (_), and hyphens (-). {schema} and {table} must be lowercase. Placeholders such as {Schema} and {TABLE} that contain uppercase letters are invalid.

The following are some examples:

• matcher = ['test1.table1', 'test2.table2'], topic = "hello_{schema}_{table}"

  • Data change events corresponding to the table test1.table1 are despatched to a topic named hello_test1_table1.
  • Data change events corresponding to the table test2.table2 are despatched to a topic named hello_test2_table2.

• matcher = ['test3.*', 'test4.*'], topic = "hello_{schema}_world"

  • Data change events for all tables under test3 are despatched to a topic named hello_test3_world.
  • Data change events for all tables under test4 are despatched to a topic named hello_test4_world.

• matcher = ['*.*'], topic = "{schema}_{table}"

  • For all tables that TiCDC listens on, they are despatched to separate topics according to the databaseName_tableName rule. For example, for the table test.account, TiCDC despatches its data change log to a topic named test_account.

Dispatch DDL events

Database-level DDL events

DDL statements such as CREATE DATABASE and DROP DATABASE that are not related to a specific table are called database-level DDL statements. Events corresponding to database-level DDL statements are dispatched to the default topic specified in --sink-uri.

Table-level DDL events

DDL statements such as ALTER TABLE and CREATE TABLE that are related to a specific table are called table-level DDL statements. Events corresponding to table-level DDL statements are dispatched to an appropriate topic according to the configuration of dispatchers.

For example, for a dispatchers configuration like matcher = ['test.*'], topic = {schema}_{table}, the DDL events are despatched as follows:

• If a DDL event only involves a single table, the DDL event is dispatched to the appropriate topic as it is. For example, for the DDL event DROP TABLE test.table1, the event is dispatched to the topic named test_table1.

• If a DDL event involves more than one table (RENAME TABLE, DROP TABLE, and DROP VIEW might all involve more than one table), the single DDL event is split into multiple ones and dispatched to appropriate topics. For example, for the DDL event RENAME TABLE test.table1 TO test.table10, test.table2 TO test.table20, the processing is as follows:

  • Dispatch the DDL event for RENAME TABLE test.table1 TO test.table10 to a topic named test_table1.
  • Dispatch the DDL event for RENAME TABLE test.table2 TO test.table20 to a topic named test_table2.

Partition dispatcher

Currently, TiCDC only supports consumers to consume messages using the exclusive subscription model, that is, each consumer can consume messages from all partitions in a topic.

You can specify a partition dispatcher with partition = "xxx". The following partition dispatches are supported: default, ts, index-value, and table. If you fill in any other string, TiCDC will pass that string as the key of the message in the messages sent to the Pulsar server.

The dispatching rules are as follows:

• default: By default, events are dispatched by the schema name and table name, which is the same as when table is specified.
• ts: Use commitTs of row changes to perform hash calculation and dispatch events.
• index-value: Use the value of the table primary key or unique index to perform hash calculation and dispatch events.
• table: Use the schema name and table name to perform hash calculation and dispatch events.
• Other self-defined string: The self-defined string is used directly as the key for the Pulsar message, and the Pulsar producer uses this key value for dispatching.