github.com/treeverse/lakefs@v1.24.1-0.20240520134607-95648127bfb0/docs/integrations/kafka.md (about) 1 --- 2 title: Apache Kafka 3 description: This section explains how you can start using lakeFS with Kafka using Confluent’s S3 Sink Connector. 4 parent: Integrations 5 redirect_from: 6 - /using/kakfa.html 7 - /integrations/kakfa.html 8 --- 9 10 # Using lakeFS with Apache Kafka 11 12 [Apache Kafka](https://kafka.apache.org/) provides a unified, high-throughput, low-latency platform for handling real-time data feeds. 13 14 Different distributions of Kafka offer different methods for exporting data to S3 called Kafka Sink Connectors. 15 16 The most commonly used Connector for S3 is [Confluent's S3 Sink Connector](https://docs.confluent.io/current/connect/kafka-connect-s3/index.html). 17 18 Add the following to `connector.properties` file for lakeFS support: 19 20 ```properties 21 # Your lakeFS repository 22 s3.bucket.name=example-repo 23 24 # Your lakeFS S3 endpoint and credentials 25 store.url=https://lakefs.example.com 26 aws.access.key.id=AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE 27 aws.secret.access.key=wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY 28 29 # main being the branch we want to write to 30 topics.dir=main/topics 31 ```