Confluent Platform 7.8: Confluent Platform for Apache Flink® (GA), mTLS Identity for RBAC Authorization, and More
Dec 10, 2024Yashwanth Dasari
Summary
This post announces the general availability of Confluent Platform for Apache Flink, providing an enterprise-grade Flink distribution and control plane for on-prem deployments. It highlights Confluent Manager for Apache Flink (CMF) for Kubernetes-native job lifecycle management, RBAC authorization with mTLS identity for enhanced security, and improvements to Confluent Control Center for message browsing and schematized message production. Additional platform support for Ubuntu and Alma Linux, KRaft mode enhancements, and Confluent for Kubernetes updates are also detailed.
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