# Sources

Source connectors read data from external systems and write to Kafka.

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="files"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>AWS S3</strong></td><td>Load data from AWS S3 including restoring topics.</td><td><a href="sources/aws-s3">aws-s3</a></td><td><a href="https://1499290846-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FETXWnZknWA8VhF6SwqCx%2Fuploads%2Faw781zoeI1rDhyh9MfjO%2FConnectors%20--%20AWS%20S3.png?alt=media&#x26;token=b720f301-a379-44df-a416-b1cebc3234d2">Connectors -- AWS S3.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Azure Event Hubs</strong></td><td>Load data from Azure Event Hubs into Kafka topics.</td><td><a href="sources/azure-event-hubs">azure-event-hubs</a></td><td><a href="https://1499290846-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FETXWnZknWA8VhF6SwqCx%2Fuploads%2FNZ02zgICStf1KQSBpyGK%2FConnectors%20--%20Azure%20Event%20Hubs.png?alt=media&#x26;token=bf751615-fafc-419d-82ad-716454ed2b1c">Connectors -- Azure Event Hubs.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Azure Service Bus</strong></td><td>Load data from Azure Service Bus into Kafka topics.</td><td><a href="sources/azure-service-bus">azure-service-bus</a></td><td><a href="https://1499290846-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FETXWnZknWA8VhF6SwqCx%2Fuploads%2F0hTPKVCW2bFFQnZDqWYK%2FConnectors%20--%20Azure%20Service%20Bus.png?alt=media&#x26;token=8b9e711a-207a-41e6-8a98-06deefd4a382">Connectors -- Azure Service Bus.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Cassandra</strong></td><td>Load data from Cassandra into Kafka topics.</td><td><a href="sources/cassandra">cassandra</a></td><td><a href="https://1499290846-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FETXWnZknWA8VhF6SwqCx%2Fuploads%2F5DpJQtPIZKbwkJNSlgKB%2FConnectors%20--%20Cassandra.png?alt=media&#x26;token=2ce4dc60-49f8-43d6-a7e3-a0c3b0497a65">Connectors -- Cassandra.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>GCP PubSub</strong></td><td>Load data from GCP PubSub into Kafka topics.</td><td><a href="https://docs.lenses.io/latest/connectors/kafka-connectors/sources/gcp-pubsub">https://docs.lenses.io/latest/connectors/kafka-connectors/sources/gcp-pubsub</a></td><td><a href="https://1499290846-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FETXWnZknWA8VhF6SwqCx%2Fuploads%2F8YUAP7ke1xIMVAWScR4M%2FConnectors%20--%20GCP%20PubSub.png?alt=media&#x26;token=9e813278-7efb-4059-8a89-512682a66479">Connectors -- GCP PubSub.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>GCP Storage</strong></td><td>Load data from GCP Storage including restoring topics.</td><td><a href="sources/gcp-storage">gcp-storage</a></td><td><a href="https://1499290846-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FETXWnZknWA8VhF6SwqCx%2Fuploads%2FEDPKo18fhNzjmf3j1lsu%2FConnectors%20--%20GCP%20Storage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=421382e3-b51c-4b83-aefb-b4f70fb503be">Connectors -- GCP Storage.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>FTP</strong></td><td>Load data from files on FTP servers into Kafka topics.</td><td><a href="sources/ftp">ftp</a></td><td><a href="https://1499290846-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FETXWnZknWA8VhF6SwqCx%2Fuploads%2FY97C3Gl7h36HolmxcRRV%2FConnectors%20--%20FTP.png?alt=media&#x26;token=b66ca321-22aa-41ed-b49f-8c57c2920b54">Connectors -- FTP.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>JMS</strong></td><td>Load data from JMS topics and queues into Kafka topics.</td><td><a href="sources/jms">jms</a></td><td><a href="https://1499290846-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FETXWnZknWA8VhF6SwqCx%2Fuploads%2F5ObL4Ua5uvtcKu9AlLxY%2FConnectors%20--%20JMS.png?alt=media&#x26;token=aff1f770-0067-418c-88fd-22d85555af12">Connectors -- JMS.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>MQTT</strong></td><td>Load data from MQTT into Kafka topics.</td><td><a href="sources/mqtt">mqtt</a></td><td><a href="https://1499290846-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FETXWnZknWA8VhF6SwqCx%2Fuploads%2F89I1N8jMW66Bzc4uDUJb%2FConnectors%20--MQTT.png?alt=media&#x26;token=65ee3f11-b2fc-4096-a620-5f7374e0f272">Connectors --MQTT.png</a></td></tr></tbody></table>