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# Choose your pipeline

Not sure where to start? Pick your data source and destination below to find the right guide and connector docs for your use case.

## What's your source?

| Source                   | Use when...                            | You need                          | Guide                                                                                            |
| ------------------------ | -------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Kafka**                | Streaming events from a message broker | Broker address, topic name, auth  | [Kafka to Iceberg example](/ingestion-engine/get-started/examples/kafka-to-iceberg.md)           |
| **Confluent**            | Confluent Cloud managed Kafka          | Confluent cluster, API key        | [Confluent connector docs](/ingestion-engine/connectors/message-queues/confluent.md)             |
| **Kinesis**              | AWS-native event streaming             | Stream name, AWS region           | [Kinesis connector docs](/ingestion-engine/connectors/message-queues/kinesis.md)                 |
| **CDC (Postgres/MySQL)** | Replicate database tables in real-time | DB host, credentials, table names | [CDC connector docs](/ingestion-engine/connectors/databases/cdc.md)                              |
| **HTTP**                 | Receive webhook/push data              | Just a port number                | [HTTP to Iceberg example](/ingestion-engine/get-started/examples/http-to-iceberg.md)             |
| **Filesystem (S3/GCS)**  | Batch ingest existing files            | Bucket path, credentials          | [Filesystem to Iceberg example](/ingestion-engine/get-started/examples/filesystem-to-iceberg.md) |

## What's your sink?

| Sink           | Use when...                               | You need                    | Guide                                                                       |
| -------------- | ----------------------------------------- | --------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Iceberg**    | Analytics lakehouse (most common)         | Catalog URL, warehouse path | [Iceberg connector docs](/ingestion-engine/connectors/lakehouse/iceberg.md) |
| **Delta Lake** | Delta ecosystem                           | Storage path                | [Delta connector docs](/ingestion-engine/connectors/lakehouse/delta.md)     |
| **Kafka**      | Forward processed events to another topic | Broker address, topic       | [Kafka sink docs](/ingestion-engine/connectors/message-queues/kafka.md)     |

## Common Combinations

[**Kafka → Iceberg**](/ingestion-engine/get-started/examples/kafka-to-iceberg.md) - Stream events into a data lakehouse for analytics

[**HTTP → Iceberg**](/ingestion-engine/get-started/examples/http-to-iceberg.md) - Ingest webhooks into queryable tables

[**S3 Files → Iceberg**](/ingestion-engine/get-started/examples/filesystem-to-iceberg.md) - Batch-load existing data files into Iceberg

[**CDC → Iceberg**](/ingestion-engine/connectors/databases/cdc.md) - Replicate a database table in real-time


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