> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.unstructured.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Overview

<Tip>
  If you do not have a source location to store your documents for Unstructured to process, skip over to the
  [Dropbox source connector quickstart](/pipelines/sources/dropbox-source-quickstart). This quickstart
  guides you through the process of creating a free Dropbox account, uploading your files to Dropbox,
  and creating a source connector to connect Unstructured to those files.
</Tip>

<Note>
  First time creating a connector? [Read this first](/pipelines/connector-first-time-reqs).
</Note>

Source connectors are essential components in data integration systems that establish a link between your files and the data ingestion process. They facilitate the batch processing of files, allowing for the systematic retrieval and ingestion of data stored in various file formats.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/unstructured-53/4PbeTBTFGabETZ0g/img/pipelines/Sources-Sidebar.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=4PbeTBTFGabETZ0g&q=85&s=9b1d6f885d6419fb1c228aa6d6661ba9" alt="Sources in the sidebar" width="522" height="509" data-path="img/pipelines/Sources-Sidebar.png" />

To see your existing source connectors, on the sidebar, click **Connectors**, and then click **Sources**.

To create a source connector:

1. In the sidebar, click **Connectors**.

2. Click **Sources**.

3. Click **New** or **Create Connector**.

4. For **Name**, enter some unique name for this connector.

5. In the **Provider** area, click the source location type that matches yours.

6. Click **Continue**.

7. Fill in the fields according to your connector type. To learn how, click your connector type in the following list:

   * [Azure Blob Storage](/pipelines/sources/azure-blob-storage)
   * [Box](/pipelines/sources/box)
   * [Confluence](/pipelines/sources/confluence)
   * [Couchbase](/pipelines/sources/couchbase)
   * [Databricks Volumes](/pipelines/sources/databricks-volumes)
   * [Dropbox](/pipelines/sources/dropbox)
   * [Elasticsearch](/pipelines/sources/elasticsearch)
   * [Google Cloud Storage](/pipelines/sources/google-cloud)
   * [Google Drive](/pipelines/sources/google-drive)
   * [IBM FileNet](/pipelines/sources/filenet)
   * [Jira](/pipelines/sources/jira)
   * [Kafka](/pipelines/sources/kafka)
   * [MongoDB](/pipelines/sources/mongodb)
   * [OneDrive](/pipelines/sources/onedrive)
   * [OpenSearch](/pipelines/sources/opensearch)
   * [Outlook](/pipelines/sources/outlook)
   * [PostgreSQL](/pipelines/sources/postgresql)
   * [S3](/pipelines/sources/s3)
   * [Salesforce](/pipelines/sources/salesforce)
   * [SharePoint](/pipelines/sources/sharepoint)
   * [Slack](/pipelines/sources/slack)
   * [Snowflake](/pipelines/sources/snowflake)
   * [Teradata](/pipelines/sources/teradata-sql)
   * [Zendesk](/pipelines/sources/zendesk)

8. If a **Continue** button appears, click it, and fill in any additional settings fields.

9. Click **Save and Test**.