uLinga for Kafka

HPE Nonstop Integration Gateway
Developed by Infrasoft, delivered and supported by TIC Software
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A different approach

Lightweight, high-performance Kafka streaming for HPE Nonstop data and applications. uLinga for Kafka runs as a natively compiled Guardian process pair and speaks the Kafka protocols directly over TCP/IP — with no Java libraries and no intermediate database. It communicates straight with the Kafka cluster for the best possible performance, avoiding the extra platform, single point of failure and latency that other Nonstop Kafka solutions introduce.

Kafka Producer Kafka Consumer No application changes Online configuration

Stream data to & from Kafka

Pathsend & Guardian IPC

Applications send and receive data directly over IPC or Pathsend with minimal code changes — the lowest possible latency.

TMF audit & Enscribe files

Monitor TMF audit trails and stream the changes; FILEREADER/WRITER for entry-sequenced files, and the Intercept Library for relative and key-sequenced files.

HTTP / REST

Route web requests to Kafka through uLinga's built-in HTTP interface — no extra middleware required.

Transform & manage with ease

Configurable data transformation converts records to and from any combination of formats, so data lands in Kafka ready for consumers across the enterprise:

Binary / DDL ISO 8583 JSON AVRO

Guardian reliability

Native process pair, proven performance.

Online config

No application changes, no extra servers.

WebCon control

Browser administration, secured with TLS 1.3.

Built-in tracing

Standard Nonstop logging for troubleshooting.

Sample Nonstop use cases

  • Stream logs & system events to Splunk and other tools.
  • Async messaging to Windows and Linux applications.
  • Replicate data changes to SQL Server or Oracle.
  • Keep Nonstop data in sync with cloud services.

Technical specifications

Platform

HPE Nonstop, natively compiled Guardian process pair

Protocols

Kafka protocols direct over TCP/IP; HTTP/REST interface

Data formats

Binary/DDL, ISO 8583, JSON, AVRO

Nonstop interfaces

Pathsend, Guardian IPC, TMF audit trails, Enscribe files

Dependencies

No Java libraries, no intermediate database, no extra servers

Management

WebCon browser interface with TLS 1.3, online configuration

✓ Native Guardian performance and reliability · no extra software or servers · no application changes — the simplest, lowest-risk way to bring Nonstop into your Kafka streams.

Bring Nonstop into your event streams.

Stream the data you already hold — natively, securely, and without rewriting your applications.