---
title: Kafka
description: Collect logs and metrics from Kafka—an open-source distributed event streaming platform. Kafka, Kafka Connect Integration, Kafka Logs (custom), Kafka...
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/integrations/kafka-intro
products:
  - Elastic integrations
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Generally available
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
---

# Kafka
Collect logs and metrics from Kafka—an open-source distributed event streaming platform.
- [Kafka](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/integrations/kafka)
- [Kafka Connect Integration](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/integrations/kafka_connect)
- [Kafka Logs (custom)](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/integrations/kafka_log)
- [Kafka OpenTelemetry Assets](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/integrations/kafka_otel)
- [Kafka OpenTelemetry Input Package](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/integrations/kafka_input_otel)