Fundamentals

Core Kafka engine behavior and query semantics in ClickHouse.
Config by provider

Kafka engine configuration examples grouped by managed Kafka provider.

Kafka engine Virtual columns

Kafka virtual columns

Adjusting librdkafka settings

Kafka main parsing loop

SELECTs from engine=Kafka

Last modified 2026.03.12: Restructure Kafka KB sections and refresh named-collection guidance (fde5b9e)