Connect Google Cloud Storage and
Kafka with AI

Automate the flow between your GCP data lake and real-time event streams. Stop manually writing connectors, managing offset commits, and orchestrating file-to-stream pipelines. Redbird AI syncs Google Cloud Storage buckets with Kafka topics—no custom code required.

No code required
Live in minutes
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What you can automate today

Redbird gives your team ready-to-run workflows — just connect your accounts and go.

Stream new GCS objects as Kafka events for real-time processing

Automatically publish Kafka messages when files land in Cloud Storage buckets. Each new object triggers an event with metadata and optional content, enabling downstream consumers to process data immediately. Perfect for triggering analytics jobs, microservices, or machine learning pipelines the moment data arrives.

Archive Kafka topic data to GCS with automatic partitioning and compression

Continuously sink Kafka messages to Cloud Storage with intelligent bucketing by date, topic, or custom fields. Messages are batched, compressed, and written as Parquet or JSON for efficient querying in BigQuery. Replaces manual consumer scripts and ensures complete event history retention.

Replay historical GCS data into Kafka for backfill and reprocessing workflows

Load archived files from Cloud Storage back into Kafka topics on demand. Enables reprocessing of historical events after schema changes, ML model updates, or data corrections. Redbird handles pagination, ordering, and rate limiting to prevent topic overload.

Enrich Kafka events with reference data pulled from GCS buckets

Augment streaming messages with lookup tables, ML models, or configuration files stored in Cloud Storage. Each Kafka event triggers a fetch from GCS, merges the enrichment data, and publishes the enhanced message to a target topic. Keeps your streams context-aware without hardcoding static data.

Alert data teams when GCS upload patterns indicate Kafka producer failures

Monitor expected file arrival schedules in Cloud Storage and cross-reference with Kafka topic lag metrics. When files don't appear or topics fall behind, Redbird sends alerts with diagnostic context. Catches silent failures in your data pipelines before they cascade.

Sync processed Kafka stream outputs to GCS for downstream BigQuery ingestion

Write aggregated, filtered, or transformed Kafka stream results directly to Cloud Storage in BigQuery-optimized formats. Automates the last mile of stream processing, making real-time insights queryable in your data warehouse. Handles partitioning, schema evolution, and duplicate detection.

Live in four steps

No engineers, no pipelines to maintain. Redbird handles the connectivity — you focus on the outcome.

01

Connect your accounts

Authorize Google Cloud Storage and Kafka with OAuth or API credentials. Redbird never stores your data — it just passes through.

02

Describe what you want

Tell Redbird what to do in plain language — no SQL, no code, no configuration files required.

03

Review and activate

Redbird shows you exactly what it will do before running anything. Approve the workflow, set a schedule, and switch it on.

04

Let it run — and iterate

Workflows run on your schedule or on triggers. Every run is logged. Adjust with natural language at any time.

Built for data-driven teams

Redbird AI understands GCS bucket structures, object metadata, and lifecycle policies alongside Kafka topic schemas, partition strategies, and consumer group offsets—so your data flows correctly in both directions.

AI that reads your GCS objects and Kafka schemas without configuration

Redbird automatically detects file formats in Cloud Storage (JSON, Parquet, Avro, CSV) and maps them to Kafka message schemas—including nested fields, arrays, and complex types. It understands bucket naming conventions, object prefixes, and partition paths, then intelligently routes data to the right topics with proper serialization. When schemas evolve, Redbird adapts mappings without breaking pipelines. No need to manually define connectors or write deserialization logic.

Auto-detects Parquet, Avro, JSON schemas
Maps GCS prefixes to Kafka partitions
Handles schema evolution gracefully
Batches and compresses for efficiency
10×

faster than building custom Kafka Connect configurations and GCS sink connectors

No Java plugins, no JSON connector configs, no debugging offset management or serialization errors

Auto-generated reports

Redbird can pull from Google Cloud Storage and Kafka simultaneously, merge the results, and format a polished report — sent on a schedule or on demand.

Trigger-based alerts

Set conditions in natural language. Get notified in Slack or email the moment a threshold is crossed in either Google Cloud Storage or Kafka.

Enterprise-grade security

SOC 2 Type II certified. Data flows encrypted in transit and at rest. Fine-grained permission controls with full audit logs.

Bidirectional sync

Push data from Google Cloud Storage into Kafka, or from Kafka back into Google Cloud Storage. Resolve conflicts with configurable merge rules.

Full audit trail

Every workflow run is logged — what ran, what changed, and why. Replay or revert any individual step at any time.

Triggers & actions for every team

Start automations from any Cloud Storage bucket event or Kafka topic activity—Redbird monitors both systems and orchestrates the workflows you need.

Google Cloud Storage
Triggers & Actions
Trigger

New object created in bucket

Fires when a file is uploaded to a specified Cloud Storage bucket or prefix path.

Trigger

Object metadata updated

Triggers when object attributes, labels, or custom metadata fields change in GCS.

Trigger

Bucket lifecycle action executed

Activates when GCS moves objects to Nearline/Coldline storage or deletes them based on lifecycle rules.

Action

Upload file to bucket

Write data to a Cloud Storage bucket with specified path, format, and compression settings.

Action

Read object contents

Fetch and parse file data from GCS in JSON, CSV, Parquet, or Avro format.

Action

Update object metadata or labels

Modify custom metadata, content type, or labels on existing GCS objects programmatically.

Kafka
Triggers & Actions
Trigger

New message published to topic

Fires when a message arrives in a specified Kafka topic, with optional filtering by key or headers.

Trigger

Consumer group lag exceeds threshold

Activates when a consumer group falls behind by a specified number of messages or time window.

Trigger

Topic partition count changes

Triggers when Kafka topic partitions are added or rebalanced, indicating scaling events.

Action

Produce message to topic

Publish a message to a Kafka topic with custom key, value, headers, and partition assignment.

Action

Batch produce messages

Send multiple messages to Kafka in a single operation with automatic retry and ordering guarantees.

Action

Commit consumer offset

Manually commit offset positions for a consumer group to control message replay and checkpointing.

Google Cloud Storage
+
Kafka

Ready to connect your stack?

Sync Google Cloud Storage and Kafka in minutes, not weeks. Redbird AI handles the complexity of streaming data between your GCP data lake and event platform—so your team can focus on building, not plumbing.

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