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Add Cribl source to an eventstream (preview)

This article shows you how to add a Cribl source to an eventstream.

The Cribl source for Eventstream allows you to stream data from Cribl Stream into Fabric Eventstream. You can add Cribl as a source to your eventstream to capture, transform, and route real-time events to various destinations in Fabric.

Prerequisites

  • A Worker Group is set up in Cribl Stream with the required permissions to configure destinations.
  • Contributor or higher Fabric workspace permissions are required to edit the eventstream to add a Cribl source.
  • If you want to use OAUTHBEARER authentication to connect your Cribl, you need Member or higher Fabric workspace permissions.
  • An eventstream in Fabric. If you don’t have one, create an eventstream.

Add Cribl as a source

If you haven't added any source to your eventstream yet, select the Use external source tile.

Screenshot that shows the selection of the tile for using an external source.

If you're adding the source to an already published eventstream, switch to Edit mode. On the ribbon, select Add source > External sources.

Screenshot that shows selections for adding external sources.

On the Select a data source page, search for and select Connect on the Cribl tile.

Screenshot that shows the selection of Cribl as the source type in the Select a data source wizard.

Configure and connect to Cribl

  1. On the Configure connection settings page, enter a Name for the Cribl source. Then select Next.

    Screenshot that shows the configured settings page.

  2. On the Review + connect page, review the configuration summary for the Cribl source, and select Add to complete the setup.

    Screenshot that shows the review configuration page.

  3. After you create the Cribl source, it's added to your eventstream on the canvas in edit mode. To implement the newly Cribl data source, select Publish.

    Screenshot that shows the cribl source in edit mode.

  4. After you successfully publish the eventstream, you can retrieve the details of the Kafka endpoint that is needed in Cribl service portal to set up the connection.

    Screenshot that shows the cribl source details in live view.

  5. Sign in to Cribl service with your account. On the top bar, select Products, and then select Cribl Stream. Under Worker Groups, select a Worker Group to Add Destination.

    Screenshot that shows in the cribl cloud add eventstream as destination.

  6. Select Fabric Real-Time Intelligence.

    Screenshot that shows in the cribl cloud select eventstream.

  7. Under General Settings, configure the following under General Settings:

    • Output ID: Enter a unique name to identify this Fabric Real-Time Intelligence destination.
    • Description: Optionally, enter a description.
    • Bootstrap server: Format it as yourdomain.servicebus.windows.net:9093. You can copy this value from the Eventstream Cribl source's details pane.
    • Topic name: Similarly, you can get it in the Eventstream Cribl source's details pane as below.

    Screenshot that shows how to get Bootstrap server and Topic name in eventstream.

  8. Navigate to Authentication. For SASL mechanism, select either OAUTHBEARER or PLAIN. Expand the section below based on your selection to view detailed steps:

    1. Create a service principal App in Microsoft Entra admin center if you don’t have one.

    2. Go to your Fabric workspace and select Manage access.

      Screenshot that shows how to add workspace access.

    3. Search for your application and assign the Contributor (or higher) to your app.

      Screenshot that shows how to assign contributor role in workspace.

    4. In Microsoft Entra admin center. Navigate to Identity > Applications > App registrations, and open your application.

    5. Under Overview, copy the Application (client) value into the Client ID field on the Authentication page.

    6. Copy the Directory (tenant) ID value into the Tenant identifier field on the Authentication page.

      Screenshot that shows how to get app client ID and tenant ID.

    7. Go to Certificates & secrets, copy the Client secrets value into the Client secret field on the Authentication page.

      Screenshot that shows how to get app client key.

    8. In the Eventstream Cribl source's details pane, under SASL mechanism, select the Oauthbearer tab. Then copy the Scope value into the Scope field on the Authentication page.

      Screenshot that shows how to get scope value in an eventstream.

  9. Select Save, and use the Cribl QuickConnect to connect to your Cribl source in Cribl service portal, and then Commit & Deploy.

  10. After you complete these steps, you can preview the data in your eventstream that is from your Cribl.

    Screenshot that shows preview data in eventstream live view.

Limitation

  • The Cribl source currently doesn't support CI/CD features, including Git Integration and Deployment Pipeline. Attempting to export or import an Eventstream item with this source to a Git repository may result in errors.

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