Easy, Seamless Hybrid Cloud Cluster Linking with Confluent 7.1

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This post introduces Confluent Cluster Linking, a new built-in capability for mirroring data, topic configuration, and consumer offsets between Confluent clusters in real-time. It details its application in hybrid cloud scenarios, emphasizing secure, seamless, reliable, scalable, and easy-to-use data bridging between on-premises and cloud deployments. The post provides specific CLI commands and configuration examples for creating source-initiated cluster links, including security credential management and mirror topic creation. It highlights the benefits over traditional tools like MirrorMaker 2 by eliminating extra infrastructure and de/recompression of messages.