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Schema Registry and Flink Private Connectivity

Schema Registry and Flink Private Connectivity

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2025

This release introduces Private Link for Schema Registry and Apache Flink, enabling secure, private access to these critical components from within customer virtual private clouds. It also adds mTLS authentication for Dedicated clusters, Egress Private Link for connectors on Enterprise clusters, and private networking on Azure for Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink. User-defined functions (UDFs) are now generally available in Java on AWS for Flink SQL, with table functions also introduced. WarpStream gains WarpStream Orbit for simplified migration and replication, and BYOC Schema Registry for managing schemas within customer cloud accounts. Follower fetching is now generally available for AWS VPC peering to reduce costs. Five new Connect with Confluent integrations are added, including SAP Datasphere hydration.

2025

Confluent's mTLS Authentication & Private Links for Schema Registry

1/31/2025

Introduces Private Link for Schema Registry and Apache Flink, allowing secure, private connections from within customer VPCs. Details mTLS authentication for dedicated Kafka clusters, including a step-by-step guide for certificate generation and Confluent Cloud configuration. Explains the benefits of Private Link for Schema Registry, such as enhanced security, simplified network architecture, and reduced latency. Describes how Private Link for Flink facilitates secure access to Flink statements and results, routing Flink-to-Kafka traffic internally within Confluent Cloud.

Confluent Cloud Q4 '24 brings more security to the platform

1/14/2025

This post announces the limited availability of AWS PrivateLink for Schema Registry for Enterprise and Dedicated clusters, enabling private networking within a customer's VPC. It also introduces Egress Private Link for connectors on Enterprise clusters (expanding on previous Dedicated cluster support) for secure connections to internal data systems on AWS and Azure. Additionally, it announces limited availability of private networking on Azure for Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink for Enterprise and Dedicated clusters.