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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.openstacktelemetry.impl;
+
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Deactivate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Service;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.KafkaProducer;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.Producer;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerRecord;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.RecordMetadata;
+import org.onosproject.openstacktelemetry.api.KafkaTelemetryAdminService;
+import org.onosproject.openstacktelemetry.api.config.KafkaTelemetryConfig;
+import org.onosproject.openstacktelemetry.api.config.TelemetryConfig;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
+
+/**
+ * Kafka telemetry manager.
+ */
+@Component(immediate = true)
+@Service
+public class KafkaTelemetryManager implements KafkaTelemetryAdminService {
+
+    private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
+
+    private static final String BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS = "bootstrap.servers";
+    private static final String RETRIES = "retries";
+    private static final String ACKS = "acks";
+    private static final String BATCH_SIZE = "batch.size";
+    private static final String LINGER_MS = "linger.ms";
+    private static final String MEMORY_BUFFER = "buffer.memory";
+    private static final String KEY_SERIALIZER = "key.serializer";
+    private static final String VALUE_SERIALIZER = "value.serializer";
+
+    private Producer<String, byte[]> producer = null;
+
+    @Activate
+    protected void activate() {
+        log.info("Started");
+    }
+
+    @Deactivate
+    protected void deactivate() {
+        stop();
+        log.info("Stopped");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void start(TelemetryConfig config) {
+        if (producer != null) {
+            log.info("Kafka producer has already been started");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        KafkaTelemetryConfig kafkaConfig = (KafkaTelemetryConfig) config;
+
+        StringBuilder kafkaServerBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+        kafkaServerBuilder.append(kafkaConfig.address());
+        kafkaServerBuilder.append(":");
+        kafkaServerBuilder.append(kafkaConfig.port());
+
+        // Configure Kafka server properties
+        Properties prop = new Properties();
+        prop.put(BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS, kafkaServerBuilder.toString());
+        prop.put(RETRIES, kafkaConfig.retries());
+        prop.put(ACKS, kafkaConfig.requiredAcks());
+        prop.put(BATCH_SIZE, kafkaConfig.batchSize());
+        prop.put(LINGER_MS, kafkaConfig.lingerMs());
+        prop.put(MEMORY_BUFFER, kafkaConfig.memoryBuffer());
+        prop.put(KEY_SERIALIZER, kafkaConfig.keySerializer());
+        prop.put(VALUE_SERIALIZER, kafkaConfig.valueSerializer());
+
+        producer = new KafkaProducer<>(prop);
+        log.info("Kafka producer has Started");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void stop() {
+        if (producer != null) {
+            producer.close();
+            producer = null;
+        }
+
+        log.info("Kafka producer has Stopped");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void restart(TelemetryConfig config) {
+        stop();
+        start(config);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Future<RecordMetadata> publish(ProducerRecord<String, byte[]> record) {
+        return producer.send(record);
+    }
+}