# Configure Kafka as a Snowbridge source
> Configure Kafka source for Snowplow Snowbridge to read data from Kafka topics with authentication and consumer group settings.
> Source: https://docs.snowplow.io/docs/api-reference/snowbridge/configuration/sources/kafka/
> Documentation index: https://docs.snowplow.io/llms.txt

Authentication is done by providing valid credentials in the configuration.

## Configuration options

Here is an example of the minimum required configuration:

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Here is an example of every configuration option:

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