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-7.7.2 provides the complete Confluent Platform, including all community and commercial component packages. This package contains confluent-server, version 7.7.2 (7.7.2.ce). This is noted in the server log file like the following:
Kafka version: 7.7.2.ce
For Confluent Platform and Kafka compatibility, see Confluent Platform and Apache Kafka compatibility.
confluent-community¶
confluent-community-7.7.2 contains the Confluent Community component packages packages. This package contains confluent-kafka, version 7.7.2 (7.7.2.ccs). This is noted in the broker log file like the following:
Kafka version: 7.7.2-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.