# tKafkaConfiguration

Opens and configures a reusable Kafka connection.

The tKafkaConfiguration component opens a connection to a given Kafka cluster so that the other Kafka components in subJobs can reuse this connection.

### In this section

* [tKafkaConfiguration properties for Apache Spark Streaming (deprecated)](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/kafka/tkafkaconfiguration-properties-for-apache-spark-streaming)
* [tKafkaConfiguration properties for Apache Spark Structured Streaming](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/kafka/tkafkaconfiguration-properties-for-apache-spark-structured-streaming)