Timer Source

Provided by: "Apache Software Foundation"

Produces periodic events with a custom payload.

Configuration Options

The following table summarizes the configuration options available for the timer-source Kamelet:

Property Name Description Type Default Example

Property	Name	Description	Type	Default	Example
message *	Message	The message to generate	string		`"hello world"`
period	Period	The interval between two events in milliseconds	integer	`1000`

message *

Message

The message to generate

string

"hello world"

period

Period

The interval between two events in milliseconds

integer

1000

Fields marked with (*) are mandatory.

Usage

This section summarizes how the timer-source can be used in various contexts.

Knative Source

The timer-source Kamelet can be used as Knative source by binding it to a Knative object.

timer-source-binding.yaml

apiVersion: camel.apache.org/v1alpha1
kind: KameletBinding
metadata:
  name: timer-source-binding
spec:
  source:
    ref:
      kind: Kamelet
      apiVersion: camel.apache.org/v1alpha1
      name: timer-source
    properties:
      message: "hello world"
  sink:
    ref:
      kind: InMemoryChannel
      apiVersion: messaging.knative.dev/v1
      name: mychannel

Make sure you have Camel K installed into the Kubernetes cluster you’re connected to.

Save the timer-source-binding.yaml file into your hard drive, then configure it according to your needs.

You can run the source using the following command:

kubectl apply -f timer-source-binding.yaml