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 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
  • 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
  • Guides
  • Examples
  • Architecture
  • Test
  • Monitor
  • Optimize and Tune
• Manage Accounts and Access
  • Resource Hierarchy
  • Manage Accounts
  • Authenticate
  • Control Access
  • Access Management Tutorial
• Manage Topics
  • Overview
  • Work With Topics
  • Use the Message Browser
  • Share Streams
• Govern Streams and Schemas
  • Overview
  • Tutorial
  • Stream Governance
  • Manage Schemas
  • Fundamentals
  • Reference
  • FAQ
• Connect to External Systems
  • Overview
  • Install Managed Connectors
  • Install Custom Connectors
  • Networking, DNS, and Service Endpoints
  • Connect API
  • 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
  • Transforms List
• Process Data Streams
  • 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 Console 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 APIs
  • Metrics API
  • Stream Catalog REST API Usage
  • GraphQL API
  • Service Quotas API
  • Stream Designer Pipelines API
• Confluent CLI
• Release Notes & FAQ
• Support
• Glossary