# withKafkaUI

- 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 UI container to the application.

## Definition

```typescript
interface KafkaServerResource {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  withKafkaUI(configureContainer?: (obj: KafkaUIContainerResource) => Promise<void>, containerName?: string): KafkaServerResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `configureContainer` (`(obj: KafkaUIContainerResource) => Promise<void>`) `optional`
- `containerName` (`string`) `optional`

## Returns

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

## Applies to

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