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Confluent for Kubernetes
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Confluent for Kubernetes (CFK) is a cloud-native control plane for deploying and managing Confluent in your private cloud environment. It provides standard and simple interface to customize, deploy, and manage Confluent Platform through declarative API.
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Confluent for Kubernetes runs on Kubernetes, the runtime for private cloud architectures.
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NOTE: Confluent for Kubernetes is the next generation of Confluent Operator. For Confluent Operator 1.x documentation, see [Confluent Operator 1](https://docs.confluent.io/operator/1.7.0/overview.html), or use the version picker to browse to a specific version of the documentation.
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See [Introducing Confluent for Kubernetes](https://www.confluent.io/blog/confluent-for-kubernetes-offers-cloud-native-kafka-automation/) for an overview.
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The following shows the high-level architecture of Confluent for Kubernetes and Confluent Platform in Kubernetes.
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[](_images/co-architecture.png)
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Features
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The following are summaries of the main, notable features of Confluent for Kubernetes.
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#### Cloud Native Declarative API
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* Declarative Kubernetes-native API approach to configure, deploy, and manage Confluent Platform components (Apache KafkaB., Connect workers, ksqlDB, Schema Registry, Confluent Control Center) and resources (topics, rolebindings) through Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
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* Provides built-in automation for cloud-native security best practices:
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* Complete granular RBAC, authentication and TLS network encryption
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* Auto-generated certificates
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* Support for credential management systems, such as Hashicorp Vault, to inject sensitive configurations in memory to Confluent deployments
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* Provides server properties, JVM, and Log4j configuration overrides for customization of all Confluent Platform components.
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#### Upgrades
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* Provides automated rolling updates for configuration changes.
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* Provides automated rolling upgrades with no impact to Kafka availability.
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#### Scaling
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* Provides single command, automated scaling and reliability checks of Confluent Platform.
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#### Resiliency
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* Restores a Kafka pod with the same Kafka broker ID, configuration, and persistent storage volumes if a failure occurs.
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* Provides automated rack awareness to spread replicas of a partition across different racks (or zones), improving availability of Kafka brokers and limiting the risk of data loss.
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#### Scheduling
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* Supports Kubernetes labels and annotations to provide useful context to DevOps teams and ecosystem tooling.
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* Supports Kubernetes tolerations and pod/node affinity for efficient resource utilization and pod placement.
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#### Monitoring
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* Supports metrics aggregation using JMX/Jolokia.
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* Supports aggregated metrics export to Prometheus.
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Licensing
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You can use Confluent for Kubernetes and Confluent Control Center for a 30-day trial period without a license key.
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After 30 days, Confluent for Kubernetes and Control Center require a license key. Confluent issues keys to subscribers, along with providing [enterprise-level support](https://www.confluent.io/subscription/) for Confluent components and Confluent for Kubernetes.
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If you are a subscriber, contact Confluent Support at [support@confluent.io](mailto:support@confluent.io) for more information.
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See [Update Confluent Platform License](co-license.html#co-license-key) if you have received a key for Confluent for Kubernetes.
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© Copyright 2021 , Confluent, Inc. [Privacy Policy](https://www.confluent.io/confluent-privacy-statement/) | [Terms & Conditions](https://www.confluent.io/terms-of-use/). Apache, Apache Kafka, Kafka and the Kafka logo are trademarks of the [Apache Software Foundation](http://www.apache.org/). All other trademarks, servicemarks, and copyrights are the property of their respective owners.
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[Please report any inaccuracies on this page or suggest an edit.](mailto:docs@confluent.io)
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