> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://manual.docs.microstream.one/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://manual.docs.microstream.one/data-store/storage-targets/blob-stores/kafka.md).

# Kafka

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**This is the manual for older MicroStream versions (Version < 5.0).**

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```markup
<dependency>
       <groupId>one.microstream</groupId>
       <artifactId>filesystem.kafka</artifactId>
       <version>04.01.00-MS-GA</version>
</dependency>
```

```java
Properties properties = new Properties();
properties.setProperty(
     CommonClientConfigs.BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_CONFIG, 
     "localhost:9093"
);
BlobStoreFileSystem fileSystem = BlobStoreFileSystem.New(
     KafkaConnector.Caching(properties)
);
EmbeddedStorage.start(fileSystem.ensureDirectoryPath("microstream_storage"));
```