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Confluent CLI

Install Confluent CLI
To get started, install the latest version of the Confluent CLI, create a Kafka cluster and topic, and produce and consume messages as described below.

Debian or Ubuntu:

  • Install curl and gpg (if you have not already installed them).
sudo apt install curl gnupg
  • Install the Confluent CLI APT public key:

sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
curl https://packages.confluent.io/confluent-cli/deb/archive.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/confluent-cli.gpg
sudo chmod go+r /etc/apt/keyrings/confluent-cli.gpg

You should see output similar to the following:

  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100  3106  100  3106    0     0  22959      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 23007File '/etc/apt/keyrings/confluent-cli.gpg' exists. Overwrite? (y/N)
  • Add the Confluent CLI repository to your APT configuration:

echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/confluent-cli.gpg] https://packages.confluent.io/confluent-cli/deb stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/confluent-cli.list >/dev/null
  • Update apt:
sudo apt update
  • Install the Confluent CLI:
sudo apt install confluent-cli

You should see output similar to:

# ...
Selecting previously unselected package confluent-cli.
(Reading database ... 663670 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../confluent-cli_4.14.0_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking confluent-cli (4.14.0) ...
Setting up confluent-cli (4.14.0) ...
  • Verify
confluent version

You should see output similar to:

Version:     v4.14.0
Git Ref:     eba43e83
Build Date:  2024-12-19T20:51:55Z
Go Version:  go1.22.7 X:boringcrypto (linux/amd64)
Development: false