Confluent Platform Packages
You can use the platform packages to install the entire Confluent Platform, and use the component packages to install individual components.
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Platform packages
The platform packages include all Confluent Platform packages.
confluent-platform
confluent-7.7.6 provides the complete Confluent Platform, including all community and commercial component packages. This package contains confluent-server, version 7.7.6 (7.7.6.ce). This is noted in the server log file like the following:
Kafka version: 7.7.6.ce
For Confluent Platform and Kafka compatibility, see Confluent Platform and Apache Kafka compatibility.
confluent-community
confluent-community-7.7.6 contains the Confluent Community component packages packages. This package contains confluent-kafka, version 7.7.6 (7.7.6.ccs). This is noted in the broker log file like the following:
Kafka version: 7.7.6-ccs.
Component packages
You can install the component packages via an APT or YUM repository. Use these packages only when you need a single component on your server, e.g. on production servers.
avro
C/C++ Avro serialization library. This is a community component of Confluent Platform.
DEB packages
Package name
Description
libavro-c-dev
C development headers and library.
libavro-c1
C library and source.
libavro-cpp-dev
C++ development headers and library.
libavro-cpp1
C++ library and source.
RPM packages
RPM packages
Description
avro-c-debuginfo
C debugging symbols.
avro-c-devel
C development headers and library.
avro-c-devel
C development headers and library.
avro-c-tools
Command line tools.
avro-c
C library and source.
avro-cpp-debuginfo
C++ debugging symbols.
avro-cpp-devel
C++ development headers and library.
avro-cpp
C++ library and source.
Source packages - included in ZIP and TAR archives under
src/directory.
confluent-control-center
A web-based tool for managing and monitoring Kafka. For more information, see the documentation. This is a commercial component of Confluent Platform.
confluent-kafka
Kafka, including Kafka Streams, Kafka Connect framework, and Kafka Java client. For more information, see the documentation. This is a community component of Confluent Platform.
confluent-kafka-connect-replicator
Multi-Datacenter Replication. For more information, see the documentation. This is a commercial component of Confluent Platform.
confluent-kafka-dotnet
.NET client library. For more information, see the documentation. This is a community component of Confluent Platform.
Code repository – available on NuGet
Source packages – included in ZIP and TAR archives under
src/directory
confluent-kafka-javascript
JavaScript client library. For more information, see the documentation. This is a community component of Confluent Platform.
Code repository – available on NPM
Source packages – included in ZIP and TAR archives under
src/directory
confluent-kafka-go
Go client library. For more information, see the documentation. This is a community component of Confluent Platform.
Code repository – available on GitHub
Source packages – included in ZIP and TAR archives under
src/directory
confluent-kafka-python
Python client library. For more information, see the documentation. This is a community component of Confluent Platform.
Python package – available on PyPI
Source packages – included in ZIP and TAR archives under
src/directory
confluent-kafka-rest
HTTP REST Proxy for Kafka. For more information, see the documentation. This is a community component of Confluent Platform.
confluent-ksqldb
ksqlDB is a streaming SQL engine for Kafka. ksqlDB is included with Confluent Cloud and the Confluent Platform installation.
For more information, see the Install and Configure ksqlDB for Confluent Platform. This is a community component of Confluent Platform.
confluent-libserdes
C/C++ Avro Serialization with Schema Registry support. For more information, see the libserdes GitHub documentation. This is a community component of Confluent Platform.
DEB packages
Package name
Description
confluent-libserdes-c1
Library and source
confluent-libserdes-dev
Development headers and library
RPM packages
Package name
Description
confluent-libserdes-debuginfo
Debugging symbols
confluent-libserdes-devel
Development headers and library
confluent-libserdes
Library and source
Source packages - included in ZIP and TAR archives under
src/directory
confluent-rebalancer
Automatically balance data and partitions between brokers in Kafka cluster. For more information, see the documentation. This is a commercial component of Confluent Platform.
confluent-schema-registry
Schema Registry is a RESTful schema registry service for managing Avro schemas. For more information, see the Schema Registry Documentation. This is a community component of Confluent Platform.
confluent-security
Kafka security plugins. For more information, see Schema Registry Security Plugin for Confluent Platform and REST Proxy Security Plugins in Confluent Platform. This is a community component of Confluent Platform.
confluent-server
Confluent Server is a component of Confluent Platform that includes Kafka and additional commercial features. Following are a few key features included in Confluent Server:
Role-based access control (RBAC)
Tiered Storage
Self-Balancing Clusters
Confluent for Kubernetes
Confluent Server is fully compatible with Kafka, and you can migrate in place between Kafka and Confluent Server.
Confluent Server is a commercial component of Confluent Platform.
librdkafka
The C/C++ Kafka client. For more information, see the librdkafka GitHub documentation.
DEB packages
Package name
Description
librdkafka-dev
Development headers and library
librdkafka1-dbg
Debugging symbols
librdkafka1
Library
RPM packages
Package name
Description
librdkafka-devel
Development headers and library
librdkafka1-debuginfo
Debugging symbols
librdkafka1
Library
librdkafka
Source RPM
Source packages - included in ZIP and TAR archives under
src/directory.