Create Apache Flink® data service integrations
With Aiven for Apache Flink®, you can create streaming data pipelines to connect various services.
Aiven for Apache Flink® enables integration with internal and external services, such as Aiven managed services, Google BigQuery®, and external Apache Kafka and PostgreSQL instances. This flexibility allows you to build data processing pipelines using a wide range of data sources and sinks.
Create data service integration
Create Aiven for Apache Flink® data service integrations using the Aiven Console.
Integrate Aiven services
- Log in to Aiven Console and access your Aiven for Apache Flink service.
 - If this is your first integration for the selected Aiven for Apache Flink service, on the Overview page, scroll to Data pipeline.
 - Click Add data source to initiate the integration setup.
 - On the Data service integrations page, under Create service integration tab, choose the Aiven service to integrate: Aiven for Apache Kafka®, Aiven for PostgreSQL®, or Aiven for OpenSearch®.
 - Click Integrate.
 - To include additional integrations, click Plus in the Data pipeline section.
 
Integrate external services
- On the Data service integrations page, click the Create external integration endpoint tab.
 - Select the type of external service to integrate: Google BigQuery®, External Apache Kafka, or External PostgreSQL.
 - If no external endpoints are available, go back to the Projects page.
 - Click Integration endpoints to add and configure external integration points.
 - Once the integration endpoint is added, return to your Aiven for Apache Flink service and the Data pipeline section.
 - Click Add data source.
 - On the Data service integrations page, under Create external integration endpoint tab, select the checkbox next to the external data service type and choose the integration endpoint just created.
 - To include additional integrations, click Plus in the Data pipeline section.