In your browser, go to the VS Code Marketplace to view, download, and install the Confluent for VS Code extension.
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Open VS Code.
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In the VS Code sidebar, click Extensions (
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In the Extensions view, search for "Confluent".
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Click Install.
Note: This doc refers to the extension version as x.x.x. Ensure you replace this with the actual
version number you want to use, without the v prefix.
Confluent provides these VSIX files:
- MacOS with Apple Silicon:
vscode-confluent-darwin-arm64-x.x.x.vsix - MacOS with Intel processors:
vscode-confluent-darwin-x64-x.x.x.vsix - Linux on ARM-64 processors:
vscode-confluent-linux-arm64-x.x.x.vsix - Linux on x64 processors:
vscode-confluent-linux-x64-x.x.x.vsix - Windows on x64 processors:
vscode-confluent-windows-x64-x.x.x.vsix
You can install the Confluent extension by using the VS Code UI or by using the
code --install-extension command in the terminal.
To install by using the UI with an online connection, follow these steps:
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Download the VSIX file appropriate for your machine.
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Open VS Code, and in the Sidebar, click Extensions.
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At the top of the Extensions view, click ..., and in the context menu, click Install from VSIX…
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Navigate to your downloaded
vscode-confluent-vX.X.X.vsixfile and click Install.
To install in the terminal, run the following command:
code --install-extension /path/to/vscode-confluent-vX.X.X.vsix
If you have been struggling with pre-downloading extension payloads (and assuming you have python, pip, and offvsix, you can follow these steps:
mkdir offvsix
cd offvsix
python3 -m venv .
. bin/activate
pip install offvsix
offvsix confluentinc.vscode-confluent