# Converter-specific settings can be passed in by prefixing the Converter's setting with the converter we want to apply # need to configure these based on the format they want their data in when loaded from or stored into Kafka # The converters specify the format of data in Kafka and how to translate it into Connect data. $ cat config/connect-standalone.properties I Installed kafka, put it to run locally but all config files are typically on this format: I have absolutely no idea on where or how to import this xml config file. The only information provided from my tech lead was that i should install kafka connect, and use this XML: Now, i was given the task of watching if the content is being written on the topic. I am new to kafka, i wrote a piece of code that writes to a topic (A producer).