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CONFLUENT PLATFORM

Confluent for Kubernetes
Confluent for Kubernetes allows you to build your own private cloud Apache Kafka® service using a complete, declarative
API to deploy and operate Confluent Platform. It leverages Kubernetes to enhance the platform’s elasticity, ease ofoperations, and resiliency for enterprises operating at any scale.

Achieve faster time to value

Reduce costs with a complete,

Deploy to any privatewith a cloud-native experience

ready-to-use platform

cloud solution

Why Confluent for Kubernetes?
Most companies are on a journey to the cloud, with legacy systems either being replaced or slowly migrated. For these companies,
Confluent Cloud offers a fully managed, cloud-native service for building data in motion applications in cloud environments. However,some companies need to keep certain workloads on-premises due to policies and regulations. Other companies have started theirtransition, but cannot make a sudden shift. These businesses need a platform for data in motion that brings the same benefits andoperational experience of the cloud to their on-premises environments.
For enterprises that want to build their own private cloud Kafka service for data in motion workloads that remain on-premises,
Confluent for Kubernetes provides the same cloud-native attributes of Confluent Cloud as a complete, self-managed platform for yourprivate infrastructure. Cloud-native attributes like elasticity, ease of operations, resiliency, and more are key to running modern data
platforms and are now available wherever an organization’s applications and data reside, making it easier and faster to harness the fullvalue of data in motion.

Build your own private cloud Kafka service

Leverage a complete, declarative
API for deploying and operating
Confluent in production.

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Manage topics and RBAC policies
through an infrastructure-as-code
approach.

Integrate with the cloud-native
ecosystem for security, reliability,and DevOps automation.

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Product datasheet | Confluent for Kubernetes

Solution
Achieve faster time-to-value with acloud-native experience

Complete solution
Leverage a complete, ready-to-use platform to implement datain motion use cases end-to-end. Confluent for Kubernetes makes

Elastic scalability

it easy to programmatically deploy clusters with security andQuickly adjust to changing business conditions and manage costs,

disaster recovery features, connectors for other data systems,

scaling up or down using a single command. With Confluent for

and SQL-based stream processing.

Kubernetes, you can operate Confluent Platform at any scale,from dev teams just getting started to central platform teams
running an enterprise-wide shared service, to meet any data in

Deploy to any private cloud solution

motion workload.

Broad ecosystem of Kubernetes distributions

DevOps automation

Confluent for Kubernetes provides you with a cloud-native,Configure, deploy, and manage platform components andconsistent operational experience for market-leading

resources using an infrastructure-as-code approach andKubernetes distributions:enterprise-recommended configurations. This accelerates time-• Red Hat OpenShift

to-value and reduces the complexity of managing the platform,freeing up your DevOps team to focus on value-added tasks.

• VMWare Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG)• Rancher

Reduce costs with a complete, ready-to-use platform
Robust security• Google GKE on Anthos• Amazon EKS on AWS Outposts

Automatically deploy security features with proper configurations• Azure AKS on Azure Stackand integrate with the cloud-native security ecosystem, such as• Plus any Kubernetes distribution or managed service

Hashicorp Vault, Cert Manager, and Kubernetes Secrets.
Streamlined recovery
Automatically recover after a failure in your brokers or underlying
infrastructure with automated fault tolerance. With Confluent
for Kubernetes, you get automated rack awareness to spreadpartition replicas across different racks, improving the availability
and limiting the risk of data loss.

meeting the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s (CNCF)
conformance standards.
Proven, battle-tested architecture
Implement standardized, validated architecture designed by theworld’s foremost Kafka experts, allowing you to operate at scalewith confidence. Confluent for Kubernetes operationalizes yearsof experience running Kafka on Kubernetes at massive scale aspart of our managed service, Confluent Cloud.

Automate the deployment of Confluent Platform as a
cloud-native system on Kubernetes

Confluent for Kubernetes. Cloud-native data in motion platform for your private infrastructure built by the original creators of Apache Kafka. For more
information, please visit confluent.io. To contact us, visit confluent.io/contact. For detailed product specifications, please refer to our documentation.

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