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# confluent flink savepoint create

## Description

Create a Flink savepoint.

```none
confluent flink savepoint create [name] [flags]
```

## Flags

```none
    --environment string                  REQUIRED: Name of the Flink environment.
    --application string                  The name of the Flink application to create the savepoint for.
    --statement string                    The name of the Flink statement to create the savepoint for.
    --path string                         The directory where the savepoint should be stored.
    --format string                       The format of the savepoint. Defaults to CANONICAL. (default "CANONICAL")
    --backoff-limit int                   Maximum number of retries before the snapshot is considered failed. Set to -1 for unlimited or 0 for no retries.
-o, --output string                       Specify the output format as "human", "json", or "yaml". (default "human")
    --url string                          Base URL of the Confluent Manager for Apache Flink (CMF). Environment variable "CONFLUENT_CMF_URL" may be set in place of this flag.
    --client-key-path string              Path to client private key for mTLS authentication. Environment variable "CONFLUENT_CMF_CLIENT_KEY_PATH" may be set in place of this flag.
    --client-cert-path string             Path to client cert to be verified by Confluent Manager for Apache Flink. Include for mTLS authentication. Environment variable "CONFLUENT_CMF_CLIENT_CERT_PATH" may be set in place of this flag.
    --certificate-authority-path string   Path to a PEM-encoded Certificate Authority to verify the Confluent Manager for Apache Flink connection. Environment variable "CONFLUENT_CMF_CERTIFICATE_AUTHORITY_PATH" may be set in place of this flag.
```

## 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

Create a Flink savepoint named “my-savepoint”.

```none
confluent flink savepoint create statement "SELECT 1;" --path path-to-savepoint --environment env1
```

## See Also

* [confluent flink savepoint](index.md#confluent-flink-savepoint) - Manage Flink savepoints.