Docs Cloud Develop Managed Connectors MirrorMaker2 Heartbeat Connector Create a MirrorMaker2 Heartbeat Connector You can use a MirrorMaker2 Heartbeat connector to generate heartbeat messages to a local cluster’s heartbeat topic. There are no prerequisites or limitations associated with this connector. Create a MirrorMaker2 Heartbeat connector To create the MirrorMaker2 Heartbeat connector: In Redpanda Cloud, click Connectors in the navigation menu, and then click Create Connector. Select Import from Heartbeat. On the Create Connector page, specify the following required connector configuration options: Property name Property key Description Emit heartbeats interval seconds emit.heartbeats.interval.seconds Frequency of heartbeats. The default is 1. Connector name name Globally-unique name to use for this connector. Click Next. Review the connector properties specified, then click Create. Advanced MirrorMaker2 Heartbeat connector configuration In most instances, the preceding basic configuration properties are sufficient. If you require additional property settings, then specify any of the following optional advanced connector configuration properties by selecting Show advanced options on the Create Connector page: Property name Property key Description Source cluster alias source.cluster.alias Used to generate the heartbeat topic key. The default is source. Target cluster alias target.cluster.alias Used to generate the heartbeat topic key. The default is target. Heartbeats topic replication factor heartbeats.topic.replication.factor Replication factor for heartbeats topic. The default is -1. Test the connection After the connector is created, check to ensure that: There are no errors in logs and in Redpanda Console. Check to confirm the heartbeat topic has heartbeat messages. Back to top × Simple online edits For simple changes, such as fixing a typo, you can edit the content directly on GitHub. Edit on GitHub Or, open an issue to let us know about something that you want us to change. Open an issue Contribution guide For extensive content updates, or if you prefer to work locally, read our contribution guide . Was this helpful? thumb_up thumb_down group Ask in the community mail Share your feedback group_add Make a contribution MirrorMaker2 Checkpoint Connector MongoDB Sink Connector