# README

A repository for go-micro kafka plugin

Overview

Micro tooling is built on a powerful pluggable architecture. Plugins can be swapped out with zero code changes. This repository contains plugins only for kafka broker, try to avoid too much unused dependencies of micro/go-plugins.

Getting Started

Contents
Usage
Build Pattern

Directory	Description
Broker	PubSub messaging; kafka

Usage

Plugins can be added to go-micro in the following ways. By doing so they'll be available to set via command line args or environment variables.

Import the plugins in a Go program then call service.Init to parse the command line and environment variables.

import (
	"github.com/asim/go-micro/v3"
	_ "github.com/x-punch/micro-kafka/v3"
	_ "github.com/micro/go-plugins/registry/kubernetes"
	_ "github.com/micro/go-plugins/transport/nats"
)

func main() {
	service := micro.NewService(
		// Set service name
		micro.Name("my.service"),
	)

	// Parse CLI flags
	service.Init()
}

Flags

Specify the plugins as flags

go run service.go --broker=kafka --registry=kubernetes --transport=nats

Env

Use env vars to specify the plugins

MICRO_BROKER=kafka \
MICRO_REGISTRY=kubernetes \ 
MICRO_TRANSPORT=nats \ 
go run service.go

Options

Import and set as options when creating a new service

import (
	"github.com/asim/go-micro/v3"
	"github.com/asim/go-micro/plugins/registry/kubernetes/v3"
)

func main() {
	registry := kubernetes.NewRegistry() //a default to using env vars for master API

	service := micro.NewService(
		// Set service name
		micro.Name("my.service"),
		// Set service registry
		micro.Registry(registry),
	)
}

Build

An anti-pattern is modifying the main.go file to include plugins. Best practice recommendation is to include plugins in a separate file and rebuild with it included. This allows for automation of building plugins and clean separation of concerns.

Create file plugins.go

package main

import (
	_ "github.com/x-punch/micro-kafka/v3"
	_ "github.com/micro/go-plugins/registry/kubernetes"
	_ "github.com/micro/go-plugins/transport/nats"
)

Build with plugins.go

go build -o service main.go plugins.go

Run with plugins

MICRO_BROKER=kafka \
MICRO_REGISTRY=kubernetes \
MICRO_TRANSPORT=nats \
service