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title: Integrations
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createdAt: 2025-01-17T16:56:57.676Z
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# Overview

You can use **Kafka Integration** to connect Litmus Unify with Apache Kafka brokers. With this feature, you can send MQTT messages to Kafka topics easily. 

It helps you connect with systems that use Kafka and build reliable data pipelines for different applications. You can customize how the connection works by setting up authentication, choosing compression methods, and mapping topics.

# Key Features of Integration

| **Feature**            | **Details**                                                                      |
| ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Set Up Connections** | Manually enter the addresses of Kafka brokers to connect.                        |
| **Use Authentication** | Choose from None, SASL Plain, SCRAM-SHA-256, or SCRAM-SHA-512 for secure access. |
| **Map Topics**         | Link MQTT topics to Kafka topics and even use wildcards.                         |
| **Compress Data**      | Pick from None, Gzip, Lz4, Snappy, or Zstd to handle data efficiently.           |
| **Enable SSL**         | Turn SSL on or off for secure communication.                                     |
| **Save Settings**      | Keep configurations even after restarting the system.                            |
| **Backup and Restore** | Include Kafka settings in system backups and restores.                           |

# Access Integration UI

**To access the Integration pane: **

1. Log in to **Unify**.
2. From the Navigation panel, select **Integration**.
   The *Integration *pane appears.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/SSUUxKZUk9bFTEPNn_6Zo/ZWRU7zmgy3OyVi8uuVstC_image.png "Integration pane")

# Configure Kafka Integration

- [Kafka Integration](docId\:ijGOV5M_nzvi0bPK30hci)