generated: '2026-09-05'
method: searched
source:
- https://docs.confluent.io/confluent-cli/current/overview.html
- https://docs.confluent.io/confluent-cli/current/install.html
- https://docs.confluent.io/confluent-cli/current/command-reference/index.html
docs: https://docs.confluent.io/confluent-cli/current/overview.html
binary: confluent
description: >-
  The Confluent CLI is the first-party command-line client for Confluent Cloud and
  Confluent Platform. It covers the same control-plane surface as the Cloud REST API
  plus local-development commands, and it is the tool Confluent's own docs use for
  quickstarts and API-key provisioning.
install:
- method: script
  command: curl -sL --http1.1 https://cnfl.io/cli | sh -s -- latest
  note: >-
    The documented installer, quoted verbatim from the upgrade guidance in the CLI
    overview. Version-pinned installs substitute a version for `latest`.
  verbatim: true
- method: docs
  url: https://docs.confluent.io/confluent-cli/current/install.html
  note: >-
    Per-OS installation instructions (package managers, archives, Docker) live on this
    page. Only the script above is recorded verbatim; the rest are not transcribed here
    rather than guessed at.
commands:
- group: kafka
  covers: topics, clusters, brokers, ACLs, consumer groups, cluster links, quotas
- group: connect
  covers: connectors, connector plugins, custom plugins, offsets
- group: flink
  covers: Flink SQL statements, compute pools, artifacts, connections, applications
- group: ksql
  covers: ksqlDB cluster lifecycle
- group: schema-registry
  covers: subjects, schemas, exporters, data encryption keys, compatibility
- group: asyncapi
  covers: export and import of an AsyncAPI document describing a Kafka cluster
  note: >-
    `confluent asyncapi export` generates an AsyncAPI spec from a live cluster and
    Schema Registry; `confluent asyncapi import` applies one back. This is the only
    AsyncAPI surface Confluent ships and it is per-customer-cluster, so there is no
    single published AsyncAPI document for the platform itself.
  docs: https://docs.confluent.io/confluent-cli/current/command-reference/asyncapi/
- group: environment
  covers: environment lifecycle and selection
- group: organization
  covers: organization settings
- group: iam
  covers: users, service accounts, role bindings, identity providers and pools
- group: api-key
  covers: creating, listing, storing and deleting Cloud and resource API keys
- group: network
  covers: networks, peerings, private link, transit gateway, DNS
- group: byok
  covers: bring-your-own-key encryption keys
- group: billing
  covers: costs and payment
- group: provider-integration
  covers: cloud provider integrations
- group: context
  covers: CLI context and configuration
- group: cluster
  covers: cluster describe and list across types
- group: local
  covers: running a local Confluent Platform for development
- group: plugin
  covers: CLI plugin management
key_flows:
- Authenticate (`confluent login`) and select an environment and cluster context
- Provision a Kafka cluster and a Cloud API key without touching the REST API directly
- Export a running cluster's topics and schemas as an AsyncAPI document
- Submit and monitor Flink SQL statements against a compute pool
- Run a local Confluent Platform for development
packages: packages/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform-packages.yml
release_notes: https://docs.confluent.io/confluent-cli/current/release-notes.html