# Getting started with MSK Connect
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This is a step-by-step tutorial that uses the AWS Management Console to create an MSK cluster and a sink connector that sends data from the cluster to an S3 bucket.

**Topics**
+ [Set up resources required for MSK Connect](mkc-tutorial-setup.md)
+ [Create custom plugin](mkc-create-plugin.md)
+ [Create client machine and Apache Kafka topic](mkc-create-topic.md)
+ [Create connector](mkc-create-connector.md)
+ [Send data to the MSK cluster](mkc-send-data.md)