Deploy and Manage Confluent Private Cloud Gateway with Confluent for Kubernetes
Confluent Private Cloud Gateway is a cloud-native Kafka proxy solution designed to simplify client connectivity, secure access, and cluster management across distributed Kafka environments. It provides a stable, protocol-aware entry point for Kafka clients—abstracting away complex broker lists, inconsistent security settings, and the operational overhead of managing direct client-to-cluster connections.
For the management tasks common to both Docker-managed and Confluent for Kubernetes (CFK)-managed Confluent Gateway, refer to the topics in Confluent Private Cloud Gateway.
The following guides in this section provide the instructions specific to CFK for configuring, including security settings, and deploying and managing Confluent Gateway.