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Getting started

The ksqlDB Quick Start is the easiest way to get up and running with ksqlDB. It demonstrates a simple workflow that creates an event stream on an Apache Kafka® topic and uses SQL statements to write streaming queries against events in Kafka.

The quick start shows how to:

  1. Get ksqlDB
  2. Start ksqlDB Server
  3. Start ksqlDB interactive CLI
  4. Create a stream
  5. Run a continuous query over the stream
  6. Populate the stream with events

ksqlDB Tutorials and Examples

  • The Tutorials page provides introductory and advanced ksqlDB usage scenarios.

  • The Examples page shows commonly used SQL queries and statements used in ksqlDB applications.

  • The How-to guides are compact lessons that help you work with commonly used ksqlDB functionality.

Last update: 2020-07-30