Confluent Cloud

Confluent Cloud is the industry’s only fully managed, cloud-native event streaming platform powered by Apache Kafka®. Built and operated by the original creators of Kafka, Confluent Cloud provides a simple, scalable, resilient, and secure event streaming platform. Sign up for Confluent Cloud to get started.

Get started with Confluent Cloud

Confluent Cloud Quick Start

Learn how to get up and running with the Quick Start for Confluent Cloud. It demonstrates the basics of using Confluent Cloud, including creating topics and producing and consuming to a Kafka cluster in Confluent Cloud.

Get Access to Confluent Cloud

Click here to get access to Confluent Cloud.

Confluent Cloud Online Talk

Listen to the Introduction to Confluent Cloud: Apache Kafka as a Service online talk.

Confluent Cloud Demos Overview

Resources to help you build and validate your solutions on Confluent Cloud. It includes automated end-to-end demos and resources to build your own demos, using a combination of fully-managed components in Confluent Cloud and self-managed components.

Confluent Cloud Security

Refer to the Confluent Cloud Security Controls whitepaper.

Documentation

CLOUD

• Overview
• Get Started
  • Overview
  • Quick Start
  • Kafka REST API Quick Start
  • Manage Schemas Quick Start
  • Deploy Free Clusters
  • Tutorials and Examples
• Manage Kafka Clusters
  • Overview
  • Cluster Types
  • Manage Configuration Settings
  • Cloud Providers and Regions
  • Resilience
  • Copy Data with Cluster Linking
  • Copy Data with Replicator
  • Resize a Dedicated Cluster
  • Multi-tenancy and Client Quotas for Dedicated Clusters
  • Use Self-managed Encryption Keys
  • Protect Sensitive Data Using Client-side Field Level Encryption
  • Create Cluster Using Terraform
  • Create Cluster Using Pulumi
  • Connect Confluent Platform and Cloud Environments
• Build Client Applications
  • Overview
  • Connect with Confluent (Partner Integration)
  • Client Quick Start
  • Configuration Settings
  • Kafka Consumer
  • Kafka Producer
  • Guides
  • Examples
  • Architecture
  • Test
  • Monitor
  • Optimize and Tune
• Manage Identities and Access
  • Resource Hierarchy
  • Manage Identities
  • Authenticate
  • Control Access
  • Access Management Tutorial
• Manage Topics
  • Overview
  • Work With Topics
  • Use the Message Browser
  • Share Streams
• Govern Data Streams
  • Overview
  • Stream Governance
  • Manage Schemas
  • Fundamentals
  • Reference
  • FAQ
• Connect to External Systems
  • Overview
  • Install Connectors
  • Install Custom Plugins and Custom Connectors
  • Networking, DNS, and Service Endpoints
  • Confluent Cloud API for Managed and Custom Connectors
  • Manage Public Egress IP Addresses
  • Preview Connector Output
  • Configure Single Message Transforms
  • View Connector Events
  • Manage Service Accounts
  • Configure RBAC
  • View Errors in the Dead Letter Queue
  • Connector Limits
  • Manage Offsets
  • Transforms List
• Process Data with Flink
  • Overview
  • Get Started
  • Concepts
  • How-To Guides
  • Operate and Deploy
  • Flink SQL Reference
  • Get Help
  • Build Data Pipelines with Stream Designer
  • Create Stream Processing Apps with ksqlDB
• Manage Networking
  • Networking in Confluent Cloud
  • Networking on AWS
  • Networking on Azure
  • Networking on Google Cloud
  • Connectivity for Confluent Resources
  • Use Confluent Cloud with Private Networking
  • Test Connectivity
• Log and Monitor
  • Audit Logs
  • Metrics
  • Manage Notifications
  • Monitor Consumer Lag
  • Monitor Dedicated Clusters
  • Observability for Kafka Clients to Confluent Cloud
• Manage Billing
  • Overview
  • Marketplace Consumption Metrics
  • Use AWS Pay As You Go
  • Use AWS Commits
  • Use Azure Pay As You Go
  • Use Azure Commits
  • Use GCP Pay As You Go
  • Use GCP Commits
  • Marketplace Organization Suspension and Deactivation
• Manage Service Quotas
  • Service Quotas
  • List Service Quotas using Confluent CLI
  • Service Quotas API
• APIs
  • Confluent Cloud APIs
  • Kafka Admin and Produce REST APIs
  • Connect API
  • Flink REST API
  • Metrics API
  • Stream Catalog REST API Usage
  • GraphQL API
  • Service Quotas API
  • Stream Designer Pipelines API
• Confluent CLI
• Release Notes & FAQ
• Support
• Glossary