# Shard-Aware Kafka Connector for ScyllaDB

You can use the Kafka Sink Connector for ScyllaDB to bridge ScyllaDB and Kafa.
The connector allows you to use Apache Kafka and the Confluent platform while taking advantage of ScyllaDB’s underlying shard-per-core, shared-nothing architecture.

The following documents will get you started with the Kafka Connector:

* [Kafka Sink Connector Quickstart](https://docs.scylladb.com/manual/master/using-scylla/integrations/kafka-connector.md)
* [Kafka Sink Connector Configuration](https://docs.scylladb.com/manual/master/using-scylla/integrations/sink-config.md)
* [Introducing the Kafka ScyllaDB Connector](https://www.scylladb.com/2020/02/18/introducing-the-kafka-scylla-connector/) - ScyllaDB Users blog