Automate Kafka Migration With Kafka Copy Paste (KCP)

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Introduces KCP, an open-source tool for automating Kafka migrations to Confluent Cloud. KCP orchestrates four key steps: discovery and planning (automating inventory of clusters, topics, ACLs, schemas, connectors, and clients), provisioning infrastructure (generating Terraform scripts for Confluent Cloud resources and networking like PrivateLink), data migration (using Cluster Linking for topic data, ACLs, schemas, and connectors), and client migration (planned for H1 2026). The post details KCP commands for discovery, reporting costs/metrics, and scanning various components. It also highlights the use of Cluster Linking over PrivateLink for direct private connections.