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GraalVM based Confluent Server Native

This repository hosts the docker image for deploying and running Confluent Server Native.

cp-server-native — a faster, lighter GraalVM-based variant of Confluent Server, is now available for local development and testing. Powered by GraalVM Native Image (AOT compilation), it delivers super-fast startup, lower memory usage, and dramatically smaller image sizes compared to the traditional JVM-based cp-server image.

Confluent Server Native helps you:

• Enable Ultra-Fast Development Cycles - Start Kafka clusters in under 2 seconds (~80% faster than JVM).
• Enable Resource-Efficient Testing - Use ~55% less memory, allowing more concurrent local instances.
• Enable Rapid CI/CD Pipelines - Deploy dramatically smaller images: ~90% smaller (compressed), ~75% smaller (uncompressed). From 2.0 GB → 185 MB compressed; 2.52 GB → 601 MB uncompressed.
• Enable Cost-Effective Development - Reduce storage, transfer, and infrastructure costs.
• Enable Better Developer Experience - Faster feedback loops and reduced waiting time.

Note: This image is experimental and intended for local development and testing only. It should not be used in production.

Getting started with Confluent Server Native

Docker Compose examples 👉 kafka-images/blob/8.0.x/examples/cp-server-native/README.md

Supports basic, MDS, embedded REST Proxy, and OAuth + RBAC scenarios.

License

Usage of this image is subject to the license terms of the software contained within. Please refer to Confluent's Docker images documentation reference for further information. The software to extend and build the custom Docker images is available under the Apache 2.0 License.