# Kafka Integration

**URL:** <https://community.tulip.co/t/kafka-integration/10539>\
**Category:** Support, Troubleshooting, & Help\
**Created:** [February 9, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/kafka-integration/10539 "2024-02-09T19:12:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![donnie.kerr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@donnie.kerr](https://community.tulip.co/u/donnie.kerr)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/kafka-integration/10539/1 "2024-02-09T19:12:08Z")

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I read in the tulip docs that it is possible to connect to a Kafka, but I do not see any tulip documentation as to how to connect, subscribe, and produce messages. Possible? If so, how?

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**Author:** ![william\_vanbuskirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b9bd4f/32.png) [@william\_vanbuskirk](https://community.tulip.co/u/william_vanbuskirk)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/kafka-integration/10539/2 "2024-02-12T20:12:42Z")

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Hey @donnie.kerr ! There are plenty of tech partners to streamline Tulip - Kafka integrations. E.g., Solace, HighByte, United Manufacturing Hub.

If you are looking to send Tulip data to other services via Kafka, tools like HighByte and Solace can simplify a lot of this. They also integrate with Kafka-similar services like AWS Kinesis.

here’s a video example of HighByte too: [https://tulip.co/library/videos/unified-namespace-example-with-highbyte](https://tulip.co/library/videos/unified-namespace-example-with-highbyte)

@HighByte_Support

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**Author:** ![donnie.kerr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@donnie.kerr](https://community.tulip.co/u/donnie.kerr)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/kafka-integration/10539/3 "2024-02-12T20:46:16Z")

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Thank you for your response. The issue is that Tulip does not offer Kafka connection support on their end, as far as I can find in the documentation. Thus, the reason for my post.

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**Author:** ![william\_vanbuskirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b9bd4f/32.png) [@william\_vanbuskirk](https://community.tulip.co/u/william_vanbuskirk)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 9:03pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/kafka-integration/10539/4 "2024-02-12T21:03:10Z")

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yes. you cannot connect directly to Kafka in Tulip. You would have to connect to kafka via a third party such as HighByte or Solace. We’re launching a Solace connector soon that will highlight more of this