VAST Event Broker collects events occurring to elements in VAST Element Store into Kafka event topics. VAST Event Broker is based on the VAST Database which allows consumers to query event topics via the various database APIs.
VAST Event Broker utilizes VAST proprietary implementation of the Kafka protocol, as detailed in Kafka Protocol Support.
The workflow is as follows:
Configure the view that exposes the elements for which events are to be published to enable the Kafka protocol.
Create event topics using VAST VMS or with a Kafka client.
Run S3 workload on the cluster to get the topics filled with events.
Query events from VAST Event Broker topics with a Kafka client or using a VAST Database connector.
Monitor event traffic with VAST analytics.
Protect event topics with VAST snapshots, global snapshot clones, and asynchronous replication