The created connect clusters contains the jar files needed for elasticsearch connect. I can also see the plugin loaded using the REST API.
[kafka@es-connect-cluster-connect-0 kafka]$ curl localhost:8083/connector-plugins
[{"class":"io.confluent.connect.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchSinkConnector","type":"sink","version":"14.0.3"},{"class":"org.apache.kafka.connect.integration.BlockingConnectorTest$BlockingSinkConnector","type":"sink","version":"0.0.0"},{"class":"org.apache.kafka.connect.integration.BlockingConnectorTest$TaskInitializeBlockingSinkConnector","type":"sink","version":"0.0.0"},{"class":"org.apache.kafka.connect.integration.ErrantRecordSinkConnector","type":"sink","version":"some great version"},{"class":"org.apache.kafka.connect.integration.MonitorableSinkConnector","type":"sink","version":"some great version"},{"class":"org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.TestSinkConnector","type":"sink","version":"some great version"},{"class":"org.apache.kafka.connect.tools.MockSinkConnector","type":"sink","version":"3.6.0"},{"class":"org.apache.kafka.connect.integration.BlockingConnectorTest$BlockingConnector","type":"source","version":"0.0.0"},{"class":"org.apache.kafka.connect.integration.BlockingConnectorTest$BlockingSourceConnector","type":"source","version":"0.0.0"},{"class":"org.apache.kafka.connect.integration.BlockingConnectorTest$ConfigBlockingConnector","type":"source","version":"0.0.0"},{"class":"org.apache.kafka.connect.integration.BlockingConnectorTest$InitializeBlockingConnector","type":"source","version":"0.0.0"},{"class":"org.apache.kafka.connect.integration.BlockingConnectorTest$TaskInitializeBlockingSourceConnector","type":"source","version":"0.0.0"},{"class":"org.apache.kafka.connect.integration.BlockingConnectorTest$ValidateBlockingConnector","type":"source","version":"0.0.0"},{"class":"org.apache.kafka.connect.integration.MonitorableSourceConnector","type":"source","version":"an entirely different version"},{"class":"org.apache.kafka.connect.mirror.MirrorCheckpointConnector","type":"source","version":"3.6.0"},{"class":"org.apache.kafka.connect.mirror.MirrorHeartbeatConnector","type":"source","version":"3.6.0"},{"class":"org.apache.kafka.connect.mirror.MirrorSourceConnector","type":"source","version":"3.6.0"},{"class":"org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.TestSourceConnector","type":"source","version":"an entirely different version"},{"class":"org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerTest$WorkerTestConnector","type":"source","version":"1.0"},{"class":"org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerWithTopicCreationTest$WorkerTestConnector","type":"source","version":"1.0"},{"class":"org.apache.kafka.connect.tools.MockSourceConnector","type":"source","version":"3.6.0"},{"class":"org.apache.kafka.connect.tools.SchemaSourceConnector","type":"source","version":"3.6.0"},{"class":"org.apache.kafka.connect.tools.VerifiableSinkConnector","type":"source","version":"3.6.0"},{"class":"org.apache.kafka.connect.tools.VerifiableSourceConnector","type":"source","version":"3.6.0"}]
But whenever I create the Kafka Connector class. I get this error:
org.apache.kafka.connect.errors.ConnectException: Failed to find any class that implements Connector and which name matches io.confluent.connect.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchSinkConnector, available connectors are: PluginDesc{klass=class org.apache.kafka.connect.mirror.MirrorCheckpointConnector, name='org.apache.kafka.connect.mirror.MirrorCheckpointConnector', version='3.6.0', encodedVersion=3.6.0, type=sourcHeartbeatConnector, name='org.apache.kafka.connect.mirror.MirrorHeartbeatConnector', version='3.6.0', encodedVersion=3.6.0, type=source, typeName='source', location='classpath'}, PluginDesc{klass=class org.apache.kafka.connect.mirror.MirrorSourceConnector, name='org.apache.kafka.connect.mirror.MirrorSourceConnector', version='3.6.0', encodedVersion=3.6.0, type=source, typeName='source', location='classpath'}
Deployed a Kafka cluster using strimzi on the cloud.
Used this KafkaConnect config to get the elasticsearch plugin files.
The created connect clusters contains the jar files needed for elasticsearch connect. I can also see the plugin loaded using the REST API.
But whenever I create the Kafka Connector class. I get this error:
Using this connector config:
I have also tried manually creating the connector using the REST API but I still get the same error.