What does the Kafka Connect plugin.path load, and who controls it?
plugin.path lists directories of connectors, converters and transformations that a Connect worker loads. Whoever writes there controls code in the worker.
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plugin.path lists directories of connectors, converters and transformations that a Connect worker loads. Whoever writes there controls code in the worker.
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