# addKafka

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting.Kafka](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.kafka.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire)

Adds a Kafka resource to the application. A container is used for local development.

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addKafka(
    name: string,
    port?: number): KafkaServerResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `port` (`number`) `optional`

## Returns

[KafkaServerResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.kafka/kafkaserverresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [IDistributedApplicationBuilder](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.kafka/idistributedapplicationbuilder.md)