Migrate to Confluent CLI v3

The release of Confluent CLI v3 introduces a number of breaking changes aimed at providing a better user experience. Note that accommodating these breaking changes might require updating your existing scripts. If you have any questions or comments, send your feedback directly to the CLI team using the confluent feedback command.

This page includes the following:

• Breaking changes for Confluent CLI
• Migrate to Confluent CLI v3

Important

In line with Confluent’s major upgrades policy, confluent v2 is now marked as deprecated. Because official support for confluent v2 has ended, Confluent recommends you migrate to Confluent CLI v3.

Breaking changes for Confluent CLI

Confluent CLI v3 includes several changes that break the syntax or output structure of the previous major release. For a complete list of Confluent CLI v3 breaking changes, see Confluent CLI v3.0.0 Release Notes.

Migrate to Confluent CLI v3

If you are an existing Confluent CLI user, you can upgrade to Confluent CLI v3 by running the following command:

confluent update --major

For the complete syntax of the previous command, see confluent update. If you’re installing the Confluent CLI client for the first time, see Install Confluent CLI.