Posted On: Mar 24, 2024

You can now upgrade existing applications to new Apache Flink versions in Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink using in-place Apache Flink version upgrades. With in-place Apache Flink version upgrades you retain application traceability across Apache Flink versions including snapshots, logs, metrics, tags, Flink configurations, resource limit increases, VPCs, and more. You can upgrade to new Apache Flink versions by selecting the application, the snapshot you want to restore from, and the new Apache Flink runtime you require using the Amazon CLI, SDK, CloudFormation, or Amazon Web Services Management Console.

Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink makes it easier to transform and analyze streaming data in real time with Apache Flink. Apache Flink is an open source framework and engine for processing data streams. Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink reduces the complexity of building and managing Apache Flink applications and integrates with Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK), Amazon Kinesis Data Streams, Amazon OpenSearch Service, Amazon DynamoDB streams, Amazon S3, custom integrations, and more using built-in connectors.

You can learn more about in-place Apache Flink version upgrades and supported Apache Flink versions in Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink in our documentation. To learn more about open source Apache Flink visit the official website.