Flink CDC is a distributed data integration tool for real time data and batch data. Flink CDC brings the simplicity
and elegance of data integration via YAML to describe the data movement and transformation in a
[Data Pipeline](docs/content/docs/core-concept/data-pipeline.md).
The Flink CDC prioritizes efficient end-to-end data integration and offers enhanced functionalities such as
full database synchronization, sharding table synchronization, schema evolution and data transformation.
### Getting Started
1. Prepare a [Apache Flink](https://nightlies.apache.org/flink/flink-docs-master/docs/try-flink/local_installation/#starting-and-stopping-a-local-cluster) cluster and set up `FLINK_HOME` environment variable.
2. [Download](https://github.com/apache/flink-cdc/releases) Flink CDC tar, unzip it and put jars of pipeline connector to Flink `lib` directory.
3. Create a **YAML** file to describe the data source and data sink, the following example synchronizes all tables under MySQL app_db database to Doris :
```yaml
source:
type: mysql
name: MySQL Source
hostname: 127.0.0.1
port: 3306
username: admin
password: pass
tables: adb.\.*
server-id: 5401-5404
sink:
type: doris
name: Doris Sink
fenodes: 127.0.0.1:8030
username: root
password: pass
pipeline:
name: MySQL to Doris Pipeline
parallelism: 4
```
4. Submit pipeline job using `flink-cdc.sh` script.
```shell
bash bin/flink-cdc.sh /path/mysql-to-doris.yaml
```
5. View job execution status through Flink WebUI or downstream database.
Try it out yourself with our more detailed [tutorial](docs/content/docs/get-started/quickstart/mysql-to-doris.md).
You can also see [connector overview](docs/content/docs/connectors/pipeline-connectors/overview.md) to view a comprehensive catalog of the
connectors currently provided and understand more detailed configurations.
### Join the Community
There are many ways to participate in the Apache Flink CDC community. The
[mailing lists](https://flink.apache.org/what-is-flink/community/#mailing-lists) are the primary place where all Flink
committers are present. For user support and questions use the user mailing list. If you've found a problem of Flink CDC,
please create a [Flink jira](https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/FLINK/summary) and tag it with the `Flink CDC` tag.
Bugs and feature requests can either be discussed on the dev mailing list or on Jira.
### Contributing
Welcome to contribute to Flink CDC, please see our [Developer Guide](docs/content/docs/developer-guide/contribute-to-flink-cdc.md)
and [APIs Guide](docs/content/docs/developer-guide/understand-flink-cdc-api.md).
### License
[Apache 2.0 License](LICENSE).
### Special Thanks
The Flink CDC community welcomes everyone who is willing to contribute, whether it's through submitting bug reports,
enhancing the documentation, or submitting code contributions for bug fixes, test additions, or new feature development.
Thanks to all contributors for their enthusiastic contributions.
