# Aiven Kafka

Integrate, catalog, and govern Aiven Kafka assets in Atlan.

## Required permissions

- [Preflight checks for Aiven Kafka](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/aiven-kafka/preflight-checks-for-aiven-kafka/llms.txt): Before running the Aiven Kafka crawler, you can run preflight checks to perform the necessary technical validations.

## Setup options

- [Set up Aiven Kafka](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/aiven-kafka/set-up-aiven-kafka/llms.txt): Atlan supports the S3 extraction method for fetching metadata from Aiven Kafka. This method uses Atlan's kafka-extractor tool to fetch metadata.

## Crawl and mine

- [Crawl Aiven Kafka](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/aiven-kafka/crawl-aiven-kafka/llms.txt): Extract metadata from Aiven Kafka to catalog topics, partitions, and consumer groups. Discover and govern your Kafka messaging infrastructure after configuring permissions.

## Reference

- [What does Atlan crawl from Aiven Kafka?](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/aiven-kafka/what-does-atlan-crawl-from-aiven-kafka/llms.txt): Atlan crawls and maps the following assets and properties from Aiven Kafka.