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# System prepended metadata

title: Kafka Stream
tags: [Kafka, ThingsBoard]

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## Use kafka as a connection

* Kafka communicates events via a high-performance TCP network protocol

![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/S133X8GKh.png)
[Figure from kafka intro.](https://docs.confluent.io/kafka/introduction.html) 


Thingsboard IoT -> Kafka -> Confluent Cloud -> Data Dealer? -> Analytics


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## Reference

[Monitoring and Reporting the real-time data in Power BI](https://medium.com/@vrgpathy/monitoring-and-reporting-the-real-time-data-in-power-bi-9fdd57da4726)
[Kafka support - Connect to External Systems in Confluent Cloud](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/connectors/index.html#supported-connectors)
[Confluent Cloud API keys](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/access-management/authenticate/api-keys/api-keys.html)
[Connection confluent-thingsboard](https://github.com/davetroiano/confluent-thingsboard)
[Connect Confluent CLI to Confluent Cloud Cluster](https://docs.confluent.io/confluent-cli/current/connect.html)