# Receiving the error message "Couldn't create Kafka topic backup configuration."

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**Created:** [January 3, 2024, 11:51am UTC](https://ask.lenses.io/t/receiving-the-error-message-couldnt-create-kafka-topic-backup-configuration/168 "2024-01-03T11:51:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![ejhon\_s](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/ask.lenses.io/ejhon_s/32/77_2.png) [@ejhon\_s](https://ask.lenses.io/u/ejhon_s)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 11:51am UTC](https://ask.lenses.io/t/receiving-the-error-message-couldnt-create-kafka-topic-backup-configuration/168/1 "2024-01-03T11:51:58Z")

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I am trying to use the backup and restore feature of Lenses, but an error message is appearing. The detail is that Lenses is correctly connected to Kafka-Connect.

`Couldn't create Kafka topic back configuration. No plugin detected. Expecting plugin [io.lenses.streamreactor.connect.aws.s3.sink.S3SinkConnector] to be installed and [5.0.0] version expected.`

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**Author:** ![grudtnerv](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/ask.lenses.io/grudtnerv/32/101_2.png) [@grudtnerv](https://ask.lenses.io/u/grudtnerv)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 12:06pm UTC](https://ask.lenses.io/t/receiving-the-error-message-couldnt-create-kafka-topic-backup-configuration/168/2 "2024-01-03T12:06:37Z")

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Hello ejhon\_s

You need to add the AWS stream-reactor connector to your Kafka Connect; the minimum version that will work is 5.0.0, but it is recommended to use the latest version. Here is the link to stream-reactor github: [GitHub - lensesio/stream-reactor: A collection of open source Apache 2.0 Kafka Connector maintained by Lenses.io.](https://github.com/lensesio/stream-reactor/tree/master). Go to the release page (eg. 6.0: [Release Stream Reactor 6.0.0 · lensesio/stream-reactor · GitHub](https://github.com/lensesio/stream-reactor/releases/tag/6.0.0)), download the required version, and then add it to Kafka-Connect.