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.

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Confluent Cloud Quick Start

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

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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
  • Guided Tutorial
  • Quick Start for Apache Kafka using Confluent Cloud
  • ksqlDB in Confluent Cloud
  • Manage Schemas on Confluent Cloud
  • Confluent Cloud Basics
  • Confluent Cloud Demos
• Kafka Clusters
  • Create Cluster
  • Expand a Dedicated Cluster
  • Cluster Types
  • Encrypt clusters using self-managed keys
  • Cloud Providers and Regions
  • Confluent Cloud Broker and Topic Configuration Settings
  • Compliance for Confluent Cloud
  • Upgrade Policy for Confluent Cloud
  • Migrate Topics on Confluent Cloud Clusters
  • Migrate Schemas
• Manage Accounts and Access
  • Cluster Authorization using RBAC
  • Service Accounts for Confluent Cloud
  • Access Control Lists (ACLs) for Confluent Cloud
  • Audit Logs for Confluent Cloud
  • Tutorial: User Management in Confluent Cloud
  • Single sign-on (SSO) for Confluent Cloud
  • Configure the CLI for Multiple Environments
  • Environments
  • Tutorial: User Management in Confluent Cloud
• Manage Topics
  • Overview
  • Topics
  • Message Browser
  • Data Flow
• Manage Schemas
• Data Governance
  • Overview
  • Data Lineage (Early Access)
  • Data Discovery (Early Access)
  • Data Quality
• Cluster Linking
  • Cluster Linking (Early Access)
• Develop Client Applications
  • Architectural Considerations
  • Monitoring
  • Optimizing and Tuning
  • Configure Clients
  • Create API Keys
  • Tools for Confluent Cloud Clusters
• Connect to External Systems
• ksqlDB Stream Processing
• Networking
  • Overview
  • Configure Peering for AWS
  • Configure Peering for Azure
  • Configure Peering for GCP
  • Configuring Access to the Confluent Cloud Web UI with VPC peering
  • Using Confluent Cloud Schema Registry in a VPC Peered Environment
  • Configure AWS PrivateLink
  • Configure Azure Private Link
  • Configuring Access to the Confluent Cloud Web UI with AWS and Azure Private Link
• Monitoring
  • Confluent Cloud Metrics API
  • Monitor Consumer Lag
  • Debug Confluent Cloud using kafkacat
• Resource Limits
• Billing
  • Confluent Cloud Billing
  • Consumption Metrics
  • Azure Marketplace Pay As You Go
  • Azure Marketplace Commits
  • AWS Marketplace Pay As You Go
  • AWS Marketplace Commits
  • GCP Marketplace Pay As You Go
  • GCP Marketplace Commits
• Use Confluent Platform with Cloud
  • Overview
  • Connecting Control Center to Confluent Cloud
  • Connecting Clients to Confluent Cloud
  • Connect Kafka Connect to Confluent Cloud
  • Connecting REST Proxy to Confluent Cloud
  • Connecting ksqlDB to Confluent Cloud
  • Manage ksqlDB by using the Confluent Cloud CLI
  • Schema Registry and Confluent Cloud
  • Connecting Kafka Streams to Confluent Cloud
  • Auto-Generating Configurations for Components to Confluent Cloud
• Confluent Cloud APIs
• Confluent Cloud CLI
• Release Notes
• FAQ