Use Karapace with Aiven for Apache Kafka®
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`Karapace <https://karapace.io/>`_ is an Aiven built open-source Schema Registry for Apache Kafka®, and provides a central repository to store and retrieve schemas. It consists of a Schema Registry and a REST API. All Kafka services on Aiven support both these features (Schema registry and REST API), and as a user, based on your requirements, you can enable or disable them. 

For more information, see :doc:`Karapace schema registry authorization </docs/products/kafka/karapace/concepts/schema-registry-authorization>`.