Introducing Confluent for Kubernetes

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Introduces Confluent for Kubernetes, a new product that enables self-management of Confluent Platform on private infrastructure using a cloud-native, API-driven approach. It details the use of Kubernetes CustomResourceDefinitions (CRDs) to declaratively manage Confluent services (Kafka, ZooKeeper, Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, ksqlDB, Control Center) and data plane resources like topics and RBAC. The post highlights automated scaling, secure deployments, rolling upgrades, fault-tolerant infrastructure deployment, and the integration with GitOps practices. It also discusses the evolution from Helm to CRDs for a more Kubernetes-native experience.