[[GettingStarted-GettingStarted]]
= Getting Started

Camel Kafka Connector allows you to use all Camel xref:components::index.adoc[components] as http://kafka.apache.org/documentation/#connect[Kafka Connect] connectors, which as result expands Kafka Connect compatibility to include all Camel components to be used in Kafka ecosystem.  

To get started try it out xref:user-guide/getting-started/try-it-out-locally.adoc[locally], on xref:user-guide/getting-started/try-it-out-on-kubernetes.adoc[Kubernetes] or xref:user-guide/getting-started/try-it-out-on-openshift-with-strimzi.adoc[OpenShift] with https://strimzi.io/[Strimzi].

For more information on how to install the connector packages, take a look at xref:user-guide/getting-started/getting-started-with-packages.adoc[Packages documentation].

For more information join the community on the link:/community/mailing-list/[Camel Users mailing list] or chat on https://camel.zulipchat.com[Zuliptter chat] and have a look at the https://github.com/apache/camel-kafka-connector/[Camel Kafka Connector GitHub repository].
