> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.startree.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Streaming Sources

> Real-time sources that feed native Pinot tables.

Real-time ingestion into native Pinot tables.

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  <Card title="Apache Kafka" icon="bolt" href="/corecapabilities/ingestdata/dataportal/streaming/kafka">
    Create a connection to stream real-time events from Apache Kafka into StarTree.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Confluent Cloud" icon="cloud" href="/corecapabilities/ingestdata/dataportal/streaming/confluent">
    Connect to fully managed Kafka in Confluent Cloud and ingest with API key authentication.
  </Card>

  <Card title="AWS MSK" icon="aws" href="/corecapabilities/ingestdata/dataportal/streaming/aws_msk">
    Connect to Amazon MSK using IAM-based SASL authentication over TLS.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Amazon Kinesis" icon="water" href="/corecapabilities/ingestdata/dataportal/streaming/kinesis">
    Create a connection to ingest real-time data from Amazon Kinesis streams.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Redpanda" icon="gauge-high" href="/corecapabilities/ingestdata/dataportal/streaming/redpanda">
    Create a connection for high-performance streaming ingestion from Redpanda.
  </Card>

  <Card title="StreamNative" icon="circle-nodes" href="/corecapabilities/ingestdata/dataportal/streaming/streamnative">
    Ingest from fully managed Kafka in StreamNative using SASL\_SSL with PLAIN authentication.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Aiven" icon="server" href="/corecapabilities/ingestdata/dataportal/streaming/aiven">
    Create a connection to ingest data from Aiven's managed Apache Kafka service.
  </Card>

  <Card title="WarpStream" icon="wind" href="/corecapabilities/ingestdata/dataportal/streaming/warpstream">
    Stream data into StarTree using WarpStream's Kafka-compatible API.
  </Card>
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