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 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.

Get Access to 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
• Quick Start
  • Guided Tutorial
  • Quick Start for Apache Kafka using Confluent Cloud
  • ksqlDB in Confluent Cloud
  • Manage Schemas on Confluent Cloud
• Clusters
  • Create Cluster
  • Expand a Dedicated Cluster
  • Cluster Types
  • Create Encrypted Clusters Using Your Own Key
• Marketplace Deployments
  • 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
  • Consumption Metrics
• Manage Access
  • User Accounts for Confluent Cloud
  • Service Accounts for Confluent Cloud
  • Access Control Lists (ACLs) for Confluent Cloud
  • Tutorial: User Management in Confluent Cloud
  • Restrict Access to Confluent Cloud
  • Single sign-on (SSO) for Confluent Cloud
  • Configure the CLI for Multiple Environments
• Usage
  • Overview
  • Confluent Cloud Basics
  • End-to-end Latency
  • Manage Topics and Schemas
  • Create API Keys
  • Debug using kafkacat
  • Monitor Consumer Lag
  • Configure Clients
  • Environments
  • Broker Configuration Settings
  • Tools for Confluent Cloud Clusters
• 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
  • Configuring Access to the Confluent Cloud Web UI with AWS PrivateLink
• Connect Components to Confluent 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
  • Schema Registry and Confluent Cloud
  • Connecting Kafka Streams to Confluent Cloud
  • Auto-Generating Configurations for Components to Confluent Cloud
• Connect to External Systems
• Confluent Cloud CLI
• Migrate Topics
• Migrate Schemas
• Metrics API
• Billing
• FAQ
• Developing Client Applications
  • Overview
  • Architectural Considerations
  • Monitoring
  • Optimizing and Tuning
• Confluent Cloud Demos
• Supported Features and Limits
• Release Notes