# Redpanda Kafka

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

## Required permissions

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

## Setup options

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

## Crawl and mine

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

## Reference

- [Set up on-premises Kafka access](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/redpanda-kafka/set-up-on-premises-kafka-access/llms.txt): In some cases you won't be able to expose your Kafka instance for Atlan to crawl and ingest metadata. For example, this may happen when security requirements restrict access to sensitive, mission-critical data.
- [Crawl on-premises Kafka](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/redpanda-kafka/crawl-on-premises-kafka/llms.txt): Extract metadata from on-premises Kafka to catalog topics, partitions, and consumer groups. Discover and govern your Kafka messaging infrastructure after configuring extractor tool.
- [What does Atlan crawl from Redpanda Kafka?](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/redpanda-kafka/what-does-atlan-crawl-from-redpanda-kafka/llms.txt): Atlan crawls and maps the following assets and properties from Redpanda Kafka.