Inbound and Outbound Connectors: "Woah, it's so easy!"

Camunda Community Podcast

Connectors are reusable building blocks that can communicate with any system or technology, providing unlimited flexibility and reducing the time it takes to automate and orchestrate business processes. Ever since we introduced Connectors with Camunda Platform 8, excitement has been growing and we’ve added more and more of them to meet the ever-increasing number of use cases.

In this episode, Senior Technical Community Builder Mia Moore chats with Bastian Korber, senior product manager for Connectors and the Integration Framework, about Outbound and Inbound Connectors, their architectures, example use cases, and what’s next. Listen to learn about the main differences between the two, how Connectors can be deployed to build better processes and save you time, and why Bastian calls Inbound Connectors a “game-changer.”
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Additional Resources:

• [github] Awesome Camunda 8 Connectors
• [docs] Connectors
• [blog] A Deep-Dive into the Architecture of Connectors
• [blog] Maximum Process Flexibility with Inbound Webhook Connectors
• [blog] Streamline Processes by Using Inbound Webhook Connectors as Intermediate Events
• [blog] Start a Camunda Platform 8 Process via REST with Webhooks
• [blog] Integrate External Systems Effortlessly with Custom Connectors in Camunda Platform
• [blog] Contributing to Camunda’s Connector ecosystem
• [blog] How to build a Camunda Platform 8 Connector
• [blog] A Unified Camunda Platform 8 SDK for Node.js
• [blog] Unraveling Connector Templates
• Camunda Champion Program

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1. Inbound and Outbound Connectors: "Woah, it's so easy!" (00:00:00)

2. Introductions (00:00:04)

3. More about Inbound Connectors (00:01:46)

4. Outbound vs Inbound Connectors (00:04:01)

5. Use Cases + Examples (00:07:34)

6. Webhook Connectors (00:09:40)

7. What's Next for Connectors (00:10:53)

8. Available Resources (00:12:25)

9. It's Your Turn: How Are You Using Connectors? (00:17:04)

10. Niall's Wrap-Up: Connectors, Camunda Champions, + CamundaCon (00:17:41)