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# Apache Kafka

Process data on Event Hubs as Apache Kafka compatible ecosystem

The **Apache** **Kafka Output connector** can be used to forward data to **Event Hubs**, which provides an endpoint compatible with the **Apache Kafka® producer** and **consumer APIs**. The Kafka connector is available on both **Data Flow** and **Rule Engine**.

The Kafka connector requires at least one **kafka bootstrap server** to be provided in a comma-separated list. It also requires **kafka topic** to which the data will be sent.

For the authentication, a simple username/password authentication mechanism, values for Security Protocol (SASL\_SSL) and SASL mechanism (PLAIN) are fixed and not editable.

Username ($ConnectionString) and password (value of connection string for the event hub namespace) only need to be provided in order to authenticate.

{% hint style="info" %}
Optionally: The custom payload can be selected for making use of templated payload in the desired structure. If the custom payload is not selected, the whole data sample will be forwarded.
{% endhint %}

A tutorial about "How to send data to Event Hubs with Apache Kafka" can be found [here](/tutorials/create-enterprise-solutions/how-to-send-data-to-event-hubs-with-apache-kafka.md).

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