[[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:try-it-out-locally.adoc[locally] or on xref:try-it-out-on-openshift-with-strimzi.adoc[OpenShift cluster] with https://strimzi.io/[Strimzi].

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

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