> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.lenses.io/latest/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.lenses.io/latest/devx/5.5/getting-started/connections.md).

# Connecting Lenses to your environment

To connect Lenses to your real environment you can:

1. Install Lenses (not the Box) and manually configure the connections to Kafka, Zookeepers, Schema Registries and Connect, or
2. Install Lenses and configure the connections in one go using [provisioning](https://github.com/lensesio-dev/docs/blob/master/getting-started/connections/automation/README.md).

How to connect to Kafka depends on your Kafka provider.

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