Enable Karapace schema registry and REST APIs 
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To enable **Karapace schema registry** and **REST APIs** on Aiven for Apache Kafka® from the Aiven Console, follow these steps: 

1. In the `Aiven Console <https://console.aiven.io/>`_, click on the service to view its overview screen. 
2. Look for **Schema Registry (Karapace)** or **Apache Kafka REST API (Karapace)**, and enable the setting for either one of the features based on your requirements. 

To learn more about Karapace and its features, see the `Karapace homepage <https://www.karapace.io/>`_ and `GitHub project <https://github.com/aiven/karapace>`_.

.. tip:: 
    If you use any of our automation or other integrations, the parameters to enable schema registry or REST APIs on your service are named ``schema_registry`` and ``kafka_rest``.  

More resources
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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 :doc:`Apache Kafka® with Karapace Schema Registry </docs/tools/terraform/reference/cookbook/kafka-karapace-recipe>`.