Confluent simplifies multi-cloud data streaming

Confluent, Inc., the data streaming platform to set data in motion, has announced the Confluent Terraform Provider as part of its Q3 ’22 Launch.

The Terraform provider, created in collaboration with HashiCorp, a provider of multi-cloud infrastructure automation software, exposes Confluent Cloud APIs for simple, consistent, and automated management of mission-critical data streaming resources such as cloud environments, Apache Kafka® clusters, networks, topics, connectors, and more.

Now, engineering teams on AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud can easily integrate data streaming into CI/CD workflows and GitOps processes, allowing them to launch real-time applications faster while avoiding the high operational costs and risks associated with manual resources provisioning.

“The need to stay ahead of customer demands is fueling the shift to technology stacks powered by data streams and cloud technologies,” said Ganesh Srinivasan, Chief Product Officer, Confluent.

He added, “With our HashiCorp Terraform integration, organizations get the power of data streaming across all major cloud providers with the simplicity of infrastructure as code and automation. This means developers have safe, reliable access to the infrastructure resources they need, so they can focus on building applications that truly move the needle for their businesses.”

Data streaming is becoming increasingly important in order to provide the real-time experiences that today’s customers expect and the data-driven operations that businesses require. However, developers building and launching data streaming applications with open-source Apache Kafka are frequently stymied due to a lack of infrastructure resources. Typically, these requests are handled by a small team of experts who support the entire business as well as a highly complex tech stack.

These teams can easily become bogged down in time-consuming, manual infrastructure management processes, causing new developments to fall behind schedule. Manual provisioning also introduces significant risk, which is unacceptable when data streaming powers a company’s most sensitive, mission-critical use cases. Integration with a tried-and-true tool like Terraform can save time, accelerate new releases, and increase security.

The Confluent Terraform Provider provides engineering teams with quick access to the entire set of data streaming resources they require, including Kafka clusters and private networks, as well as service accounts and ACLs. The benefits of real-time data can scale across the entire business to fuel faster innovation from a broader set of teams with automated provisioning and management of data streaming infrastructure across all clouds. Teams can use the new Terraform provider to:

· Reduce complexity and risk with infrastructure deployments managed as code and deployed through automated GitOps integration.

· Increase developer autonomy and productivity with consistent, version-controlled access to data streaming environments, Kafka clusters, Kafka topics, and more.

· Integrate Confluent deployments within existing cloud workflows on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud using standardized resource management tooling, pipelines, and processes.

“The new, verified Terraform provider for Confluent makes provisioning critical data streaming resources simple and reliable,” said Burzin Patel, VP, Global Partner Alliances, HashiCorp. “It automates deployments within existing CI/CD workflows across all major cloud services so organizations can easily access the real-time data they need for innovation with far less time focused on infrastructure management.”