Getting started with Karapace
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To use Karapace, you need to enable **Karapace Schema registry** and **REST APIs** on your Aiven for Apache Kafka® service. This can be enabled through the Aiven console. To know how to enable it, see :doc:`Enable Karapace schema registry and REST APIs </docs/products/kafka/karapace/howto/enable-karapace>`.

Next steps
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* Learn more about :doc:`Karapace schema registry authorization </docs/products/kafka/karapace/concepts/schema-registry-authorization>` and :doc:`ACLs definition </docs/products/kafka/karapace/concepts/acl-definition>`. 
* Learn more about how to enable :doc:`Karapace schema registry authorization </docs/products/kafka/karapace/howto/enable-schema-registry-authorization>` and how to :doc:`manage Karapace schema registry authorization </docs/products/kafka/karapace/howto/manage-schema-registry-authorization>`.
* Learn more about how to enable :doc:`Apache Kafka REST proxy authorization </docs/products/kafka/karapace/howto/enable-oauth-oidc-kafka-rest-proxy>` and how to :doc:`manage Karapace Kafka REST authorization </docs/products/kafka/karapace/howto/manage-kafka-rest-proxy-authorization>`.

More resources
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*  For information on how to manage Kafka schema registry ACL resources on Terraform, see :doc:`Manage resources via Terraform </docs/products/kafka/karapace/howto/manage-schema-registry-authorization>`.
*  For more information on how to setup Karapace with Aiven for Apache Kafka® using `Aiven Terraform Provider <https://registry.terraform.io/providers/aiven/aiven/latest/docs>`_, see `Apache Kafka® with Karapace Schema Registry <https://aiven.io/developer/apache-kafka-karapace>`_.