Event Endpoint Management continues to be enhanced

Event Endpoint Management continues to be available and enhanced as part of IBM's integration platforms.

End of Marketing announcement for IBM Event Automation

Event Streams and Event Processing are deprecated and no enhancements will be provided. Support and security fixes will be provided in line with published support lifecycle policies. Future event-driven solutions that make use of Apache Kafka and Apache Flink will be delivered by IBM Confluent.

For more information, see the support lifecycle transition and software ordering completion announcement.

Attention: This version of Event Processing has reached End of Support. For more information about supported versions, see the support matrix.

Installation overview

Event Processing is an operator-based release and uses custom resources to define the deployment configuration. Event Processing requires the installation of the IBM Operator for Apache Flink and the Event Processing operator.

These operators deploy and manage the entire lifecycle of your Flink and Event Processing instances.

  • Flink instances are defined by the FlinkDeployment custom resource type.
  • Event Processing instances are defined by the EventProcessing custom resource type.

A deployment of Event Processing consists of the IBM Operator for Apache Flink and the Event Processing operator, along with an instance of Flink and an instance of Event Processing.

Note: Ensure that the Event Processing operator version and the IBM Operator for Apache Flink version are the same.

Installing Event Processing includes the following high-level steps:

  1. Depending on your platform and environment, select the right procedure:

  2. Install the IBM Operator for Apache Flink operator. The operator will then be available to install and manage your Flink instances.
  3. Install the Event Processing operator. The operator will then be available to install and manage your Event Processing instances.
  4. Using the IBM Operator for Apache Flink operator, install an instance of the Flink by applying the FlinkDeployment custom resource type.
  5. Using the Event Processing operator, install an instance of the Event Processing by applying the EventProcessing custom resource type.