Apache Kafka Connect is a framework to connect and import/export data from/to any external system such as MySQL, HDFS, and file system through a Kafka cluster : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/event-hubs/event-hubs-kafka-connect-tutorial
How to configure Kafka Connect for Event Hub ?
Minimal reconfiguration is necessary when redirecting Kafka Connect throughput from Kafka to Event Hubs.
bootstrap.servers={YOUR.EVENTHUBS.FQDN}:9093 # e.g. namespace.servicebus.windows.net:9093
group.id=connect-cluster-group
# connect internal topic names, auto-created if not exists
config.storage.topic=connect-cluster-configs
offset.storage.topic=connect-cluster-offsets
status.storage.topic=connect-cluster-status
# internal topic replication factors - auto 3x replication in Azure Storage
config.storage.replication.factor=1
offset.storage.replication.factor=1
status.storage.replication.factor=1
rest.advertised.host.name=connect
offset.flush.interval.ms=10000
key.converter=org.apache.kafka.connect.json.JsonConverter
value.converter=org.apache.kafka.connect.json.JsonConverter
internal.key.converter=org.apache.kafka.connect.json.JsonConverter
internal.value.converter=org.apache.kafka.connect.json.JsonConverter
internal.key.converter.schemas.enable=false
internal.value.converter.schemas.enable=false
# required EH Kafka security settings
security.protocol=SASL_SSL
sasl.mechanism=PLAIN
sasl.jaas.config=org.apache.kafka.common.security.plain.PlainLoginModule required username="$ConnectionString" password="{YOUR.EVENTHUBS.CONNECTION.STRING}";
producer.security.protocol=SASL_SSL
producer.sasl.mechanism=PLAIN
producer.sasl.jaas.config=org.apache.kafka.common.security.plain.PlainLoginModule required username="$ConnectionString" password="{YOUR.EVENTHUBS.CONNECTION.STRING}";
consumer.security.protocol=SASL_SSL
consumer.sasl.mechanism=PLAIN
consumer.sasl.jaas.config=org.apache.kafka.common.security.plain.PlainLoginModule required username="$ConnectionString" password="{YOUR.EVENTHUBS.CONNECTION.STRING}";
plugin.path={KAFKA.DIRECTORY}/libs # path to the libs directory within the Kafka release