This document provides information on connecting Apache Kafka with Mule ESB. It discusses the key components of Apache Kafka including topics, producers, consumers, partitions, brokers and clusters. It also outlines some common use cases for Apache Kafka like messaging, website activity tracking, metrics, and log aggregation. The document then provides step-by-step instructions on setting up Zookeeper and Apache Kafka on Windows Server. It demonstrates how to create topics, install the Anypoint Kafka connector in Mule, and build Mule flows to integrate Apache Kafka as a producer and consumer. Code examples are provided for the Mule flows.