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= Kafka Bridge overview

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Use the Strimzi Kafka Bridge to make HTTP requests to a Kafka cluster.

You can use the Kafka Bridge to integrate HTTP client applications with your Kafka cluster.

.HTTP client integration

image:kafka-bridge.png[Internal and external HTTP producers and consumers exchange data with the Kafka brokers through the Kafka Bridge]

include::modules/con-overview-running-kafka-bridge.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/con-overview-components-kafka-bridge.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/con-overview-open-api-spec-kafka-bridge.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/con-securing-kafka-bridge.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/con-securing-http-interface.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/con-requests-kafka-bridge.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/con-loggers-kafka-bridge.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
