How to
Connect Using Kafka Clients
Connecting to Upstash Kafka using any Kafka client is very straightforward. If you do not have a Kafka cluster and/or topic already, follow these steps to create one.
After creating a cluster and a topic, just go to cluster details page on the Upstash Console and copy bootstrap endpoint, username and password.
![](https://mintlify.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/upstash-vector/img/kafka/getting_started/cluster-detail.png)
Then replace following parameters in the code snippets of your favourite Kafka client or language below.
{{ BOOTSTRAP_ENDPOINT }}
{{ UPSTASH_KAFKA_USERNAME }}
{{ UPSTASH_KAFKA_PASSWORD }}
{{ TOPIC_NAME }}
Create a Topic
Produce a Message
Consume Messages
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