//source connector example
.Example source connector configuration
[source,yaml,subs="attributes+"]
----
apiVersion: {KafkaConnectApiVersion}
kind: KafkaConnector
metadata:
  name: my-source-connector  # <1>
  labels:
    strimzi.io/cluster: my-connect-cluster # <2>
spec:
  class: org.apache.kafka.connect.file.FileStreamSourceConnector # <3>
  tasksMax: 2 # <4>
  autoRestart: # <5>
    enabled: true
  config: # <6>
    file: "/opt/kafka/LICENSE" # <7>
    topic: my-topic # <8>
    # ...
----
<1> Name of the `KafkaConnector` resource, which is used as the name of the connector. Use any name that is valid for a Kubernetes resource.
<2> Name of the Kafka Connect cluster to create the connector instance in. Connectors must be deployed to the same namespace as the Kafka Connect cluster they link to.
<3> Full name of the connector class. This should be present in the image being used by the Kafka Connect cluster.
<4> Maximum number of Kafka Connect tasks that the connector can create.
<5> Enables automatic restarts of failed connectors and tasks. By default, the number of restarts is indefinite, but you can set a maximum on the number of automatic restarts using the `maxRestarts` property. 
<6> link:{BookURLDeploying}#kafkaconnector-configs[Connector configuration^] as key-value pairs.
<7> Location of the external data file. In this example, we're configuring the `FileStreamSourceConnector` to read from the `/opt/kafka/LICENSE` file.
<8> Kafka topic to publish the source data to.