The Confluent Platform is a full stream data system. It enables you to organize and manage data from several sources in one high-performance and reliable system. As mentioned in the first few chapters, the goal of an enterprise service bus is not only to provide the system a means to transport messages and data but also to provide all the tools that are required to connect the data origins (data sources), applications, and data destinations (data sinks) to the platform.
The Confluent Platform has these parts:
- Confluent Platform open source
- Confluent Platform enterprise
- Confluent Cloud
The Confluent Platform open source has the following components:
- Apache Kafka core
- Kafka Streams
- Kafka Connect
- Kafka clients
- Kafka REST Proxy
- Kafka Schema Registry
The Confluent Platform enterprise has the following components:
- Confluent Control Center
- Confluent support, professional...
