confluent kafka link create¶

Description¶

Create a new cluster link.

confluent kafka link create <link> [flags]

Flags¶

--source-bootstrap-server string   REQUIRED: Bootstrap server address of the source cluster.
--source-cluster-id string         REQUIRED: Source cluster ID.
--source-api-key string            An API key for the source cluster. If specified, the destination cluster will use SASL_SSL/PLAIN as its mechanism for the source cluster authentication. If you wish to use another authentication mechanism, please do NOT specify this flag, and add the security configs in the config file.
--source-api-secret string         An API secret for the source cluster. If specified, the destination cluster will use SASL_SSL/PLAIN as its mechanism for the source cluster authentication. If you wish to use another authentication mechanism, please do NOT specify this flag, and add the security configs in the config file.
--config-file string               Name of the file containing link config overrides. Each property key-value pair should have the format of key=value. Properties are separated by new-line characters.
--dry-run                          DEPRECATED: Validate a link, but do not create it (this flag is no longer active).
--no-validate                      DEPRECATED: Create a link even if the source cluster cannot be reached (this flag is no longer active).
--cluster string                   Kafka cluster ID.
--environment string               Environment ID.
--context string                   CLI context name.

--destination-bootstrap-server string   REQUIRED: Bootstrap server address of the destination cluster.
--destination-cluster-id string         REQUIRED: Destination cluster ID.
--source-api-key string                 An API key for the source cluster. If specified, the destination cluster will use SASL_SSL/PLAIN as its mechanism for the source cluster authentication. If you wish to use another authentication mechanism, please do NOT specify this flag, and add the security configs in the config file.
--source-api-secret string              An API secret for the source cluster. If specified, the destination cluster will use SASL_SSL/PLAIN as its mechanism for the source cluster authentication. If you wish to use another authentication mechanism, please do NOT specify this flag, and add the security configs in the config file.
--config-file string                    Name of the file containing link config overrides. Each property key-value pair should have the format of key=value. Properties are separated by new-line characters.
--dry-run                               DEPRECATED: Validate a link, but do not create it (this flag is no longer active).
--no-validate                           DEPRECATED: Create a link even if the source cluster cannot be reached (this flag is no longer active).
--url string                            Base URL of REST Proxy Endpoint of Kafka Cluster (include /kafka for embedded Rest Proxy). Must set flag or CONFLUENT_REST_URL.
--ca-cert-path string                   Path to a PEM-encoded CA to verify the Confluent REST Proxy.
--client-cert-path string               Path to client cert to be verified by Confluent REST Proxy, include for mTLS authentication.
--client-key-path string                Path to client private key, include for mTLS authentication.
--no-auth                               Include if requests should be made without authentication headers, and user will not be prompted for credentials.
--prompt                                Bypass use of available login credentials and prompt for Kafka Rest credentials.
--context string                        CLI context name.

Global Flags¶

-h, --help            Show help for this command.
-v, --verbose count   Increase verbosity (-v for warn, -vv for info, -vvv for debug, -vvvv for trace).

Examples¶

Create a cluster link, using a configuration file.

confluent kafka link create my-link --source-cluster-id lkc-123456 --source-bootstrap-server my-host:1234 --config-file config.txt

Create a cluster link, using an API key and secret.

confluent kafka link create my-link --source-cluster-id lkc-123456 --source-bootstrap-server my-host:1234 --source-api-key my-key --source-api-secret my-secret

Create a cluster link, using a configuration file.

confluent kafka link create my-link --destination-cluster-id 123456789 --destination-bootstrap-server my-host:1234 --config-file config.txt

Create a cluster link, using an API key and secret.

confluent kafka link create my-link --destination-cluster-id 123456789 --destination-bootstrap-server my-host:1234 --source-api-key my-key --source-api-secret my-secret

See Also¶

confluent kafka link - Manages inter-cluster links.