# confluent flink shell ## Description Start Flink interactive SQL client. ```none confluent flink shell [flags] ``` ## Flags ```none --environment string Environment ID. --compute-pool string Flink compute pool ID. --service-account string Service account ID. --database string The database which will be used as the default database. When using Kafka, this is the cluster ID. --context string CLI context name. --cloud string Specify the cloud provider as "aws", "azure", or "gcp". --region string Cloud region for Flink (use "confluent flink region list" to see all). ``` ## Global Flags ```none -h, --help Show help for this command. --unsafe-trace Equivalent to -vvvv, but also log HTTP requests and responses which might contain plaintext secrets. -v, --verbose count Increase verbosity (-v for warn, -vv for info, -vvv for debug, -vvvv for trace). ``` ## Examples For a Quick Start with examples in context, see [https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/flink/get-started/quick-start-shell.html](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/flink/get-started/quick-start-shell.html). ## See Also * [confluent flink](index.md#confluent-flink) - Manage Apache Flink.