Confluent Cloud

Send your event data from RudderStack to Confluent Cloud.

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Confluent Cloud is a cloud-native, fully-managed event streaming platform. Powered by Apache Kafka, it is simple, secure, and simplifies data ingestion and processing on all major clouds. With Confluent Cloud, you can easily handle large-scale data workloads without compromising on performance.

RudderStack allows you to seamlessly configure Confluent Cloud as a destination to send your event data.

Find the open source transformer code for this destination in the GitHub repository.

Connection compatibility

Destination info
  • Status: Generally Available
  • Supported sources: Android, iOS , Web, Unity, AMP , Cloud, Warehouse, React Native , Flutter, Cordova, Shopify
  • Refer to it as CONFLUENT_CLOUD in the Integrations object.

Connection modes
SourceCloud modeDevice modeHybrid mode
AMPsupportednot supportednot supported
Androidsupportednot supportednot supported
Cloudsupportednot supportednot supported
Cordovasupportednot supportednot supported
Fluttersupportednot supportednot supported
iOSsupportednot supportednot supported
React Nativesupportednot supportednot supported
Shopifysupportednot supportednot supported
Unitysupportednot supportednot supported
Warehousesupportednot supportednot supported
Websupportednot supportednot supported
Supported message types
SourceIdentifyPageTrackScreenGroupAlias

Get started

Once you have confirmed that the platform supports sending events to Confluent Cloud, perform the steps mentioned below:

  • Choose a source to which you would like to add Confluent Cloud as a destination.
  • Select the destination as Confluent Cloud. Give your destination a name, and then click Next.
  • In the Connection Settings, fill the required fields with the relevant information and click Next.

Confluent Cloud connection settings

The required fields are as follows:

  • Bootstrap server: Enter your bootstrap server information here. This is in the format hostname::port . You will get this information in your cluster settings.
  • Topic Name: Enter the name of the Kafka topic in this field.
  • API Key: This is the key you need to generate in the Confluent Cloud UI to give RudderStack the required API access. Enter the key in this field.
  • API Secret: Enter the API Secret in this field - you can generate this in the Confluent Cloud UI.

Partition Key

RudderStack uses userId as the partition key of a given message.

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If userId is not present in the payload, then anonymousId is used.

If you have a multi-partitioned topic, then the records of the same userId (or anonymousId in the absence of userId) will always go to the same partition.

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