Overview of Confluent Platform for Apache Flink

In Apache Flink®, applications are composed of streaming dataflows that are transformed by one or more user-defined operators. These dataflows form directed acyclic graphs that start with one or more sources, and end in one or more sinks.

Important

Confluent Platform for Apache Flink is in Limited Availability and is fully supported for select customers.

Confluent Platform for Apache Flink® is provided as a Docker image and a Helm chart, and is compatible with open-source Flink. However, not all Flink features are supported in Confluent Platform for Apache Flink. To learn more about what is supported, see Confluent Platform for Apache Flink Features and Support.

For requirement and compatibility details, see Confluent Platform for Apache Flink compatibility.

See the following topics to learn more and get started.

• Get Started
• Supported Features
• Flink Concepts
• Get Help