docs/daprdocs/content/en/operations/components/setup-bindings/supported-bindings/eventhubs.md

type	title	linkTitle	description
docs	Azure Event Hubs binding spec	Azure Event Hubs	Detailed documentation on the Azure Event Hubs binding component

Component format

To setup Azure Event Hubs binding create a component of type bindings.azure.eventhubs. See [this guide]({{< ref "howto-bindings.md#1-create-a-binding" >}}) on how to create and apply a binding configuration.

See this for instructions on how to set up an Event Hub.

apiVersion: dapr.io/v1alpha1
kind: Component
metadata:
  name: <NAME>
  namespace: <NAMESPACE>
spec:
  type: bindings.azure.eventhubs
  version: v1
  metadata:
  - name: connectionString      # Azure EventHubs connection string
    value: "Endpoint=sb://****"
  - name: consumerGroup         # EventHubs consumer group
    value: "group1"
  - name: storageAccountName    # Azure Storage Account Name
    value: "accountName"   
  - name: storageAccountKey     # Azure Storage Account Key
    value: "accountKey"                
  - name: storageContainerName  # Azure Storage Container Name
    value: "containerName"    
  - name: partitionID           # (Optional) PartitionID to send and receive events
    value: 0

{{% alert title="Warning" color="warning" %}} The above example uses secrets as plain strings. It is recommended to use a secret store for the secrets as described [here]({{< ref component-secrets.md >}}). {{% /alert %}}

Spec metadata fields

Field	Required	Binding support	Details	Example
connectionString	Y	Output	The EventHubs connection string. Note that this is the EventHub itself and not the EventHubs namespace. Make sure to use the child EventHub shared access policy connection string	"Endpoint=sb://****"
consumerGroup	Y	Output	The name of an EventHubs Consumer Group to listen on	"group1"
storageAccountName	Y	Output	The name of the account of the Azure Storage account to persist checkpoints data on	"accountName"
storageAccountKey	Y	Output	The account key for the Azure Storage account to persist checkpoints data on	"accountKey"
storageContainerName	Y	Output	The name of the container in the Azure Storage account to persist checkpoints data on	"contianerName"
partitionID	N	Output	ID of the partition to send and receive events	0

Binding support

This component supports output binding with the folowing operations:

• create

Related links

• [Basic schema for a Dapr component]({{< ref component-schema >}})
• [Bindings building block]({{< ref bindings >}})
• [How-To: Trigger application with input binding]({{< ref howto-triggers.md >}})
• [How-To: Use bindings to interface with external resources]({{< ref howto-bindings.md >}})
• [Bindings API reference]({{< ref bindings_api.md >}})