# Real-time Change Data Capture with Redpanda Connect and MySQL

DevFeed: [Real-time Change Data Capture with Redpanda Connect and MySQL](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/real-time-change-data-capture-with-redpanda-connect-and-mysql-12735.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.redpanda.com/blog/real-time-cdc-my-sql>)

Author: Chandler Mayo

Published: 2026-07-02T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Redpanda](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/redpanda.md>)

Topics: [MySQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mysql.md>), [Kafka](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kafka.md>), [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>), [Docker Compose](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker-compose.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/real-time.md>), [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker.md>), [SQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sql.md>)

Tags: [apache-kafka](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apache-kafka.md>), [connectors](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/connectors.md>), [container](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/container.md>), [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [event](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/event.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [kafka](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kafka.md>), [mysql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mysql.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [pipeline](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pipeline.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/real-time.md>), [sql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sql.md>), [tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorial.md>), [volume](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/volume.md>)

## AI overview

A step-by-step tutorial for building a real-time change data capture pipeline with MySQL and Redpanda Connect. It explains how row-level inserts, updates, and deletes become downstream events without polling, using compatibility with the Kafka Connect ecosystem.

## Source excerpt

A step-by-step tutorial on how to stream every insert, update, and delete from your database using MySQL and a faster, simpler alternative to Kafka Connect.