Important

You are viewing documentation for an older version of Confluent Platform. For the latest, click here.

Install and Upgrade

You can deploy Confluent Platform using a cloud provider, an archive, DEB or RPM package, or Docker container. You can also automate deployment to a public or private cloud using Confluent Operator.

• Quick Start for Apache Kafka using Confluent Cloud
• Confluent Operator
• On-Premises Deployments
• System Requirements
• Managing Confluent Platform Licenses
• Upgrade
• Supported Versions and Interoperability
• Using Confluent Platform systemd Service Unit Files
• Confluent Platform Packages
• Migrate to Confluent Platform
• Migrate an Existing Kafka Deployment
• Migrate to Confluent Server