# Get Started with Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink® is a fully managed service for running Flink stream-processing workloads on Confluent Cloud. Use these quick starts to submit your first Flink SQL statement from either the Confluent Cloud Console (browser-based) or the Flink SQL shell (CLI-based). If you’re currently using Confluent Cloud in a region that doesn’t yet support Flink, so you can’t use your data in existing Apache Kafka® topics, you can still try out Flink SQL by using sample data generators or the [Example catalog](../reference/example-data.md#flink-sql-example-data). Both the quick starts and the [How-to Guides for Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink](../how-to-guides/overview.md#flink-sql-how-to-guides) use these resources. Choose one of the following quick starts to get started with Flink SQL on Confluent Cloud: - [Flink SQL Quick Start with Confluent Cloud Console](quick-start-cloud-console.md#flink-sql-quick-start-cloud-console) - [Flink SQL Shell Quick Start](quick-start-shell.md#flink-sql-quick-start-shell) Also, you can access Flink by using the [REST API](../operate-and-deploy/flink-rest-api.md#flink-rest-api), the [Confluent Terraform Provider](../how-to-guides/deploy-flink-sql-statement.md#flink-deploy-sql-statement), and [dbt (data build tool)](../operate-and-deploy/deploy-flink-dbt.md#flink-deploy-dbt). - [REST API-based data streams](https://github.com/confluentinc/demo-scene/tree/master/http-streaming). - [Sample Project for Confluent Terraform Provider](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/confluentinc/confluent/latest/docs/guides/sample-project). If you get stuck, have a question, or want to provide feedback or request features, see [Get Help with Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink](../get-help.md#ccloud-flink-help) for support channels. ## Next steps - [Flink SQL Quick Start with Confluent Cloud Console](quick-start-cloud-console.md#flink-sql-quick-start-cloud-console) - [Flink SQL Shell Quick Start](quick-start-shell.md#flink-sql-quick-start-shell) ## Related content - [Stream Processing Concepts](../concepts/overview.md#flink-sql-stream-processing-concepts) - [Flink SQL Queries](../reference/queries/overview.md#flink-sql-queries) #### NOTE This website includes content developed at the [Apache Software Foundation](https://www.apache.org/) under the terms of the [Apache License v2](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html).