Hey Mayank. Thanks for the FLIP, I went through this FLIP quickly and found some issues which I think we need to deep discuss later. As we’re on a short Dragon boat Festival, could you kindly hold on this thread? and we will back to continue the FLIP discuss.
Best, Leonard > 2025 4月 29 23:07，Mayank Juneja <mayankjunej...@gmail.com> 写道： > > Hi all, > > I would like to open up for discussion a new FLIP-529 [1]. > > Motivation: > Currently, Flink SQL handles external connectivity by defining endpoints > and credentials in table configuration. This approach prevents reusability > of these connections and makes table definition less secure by exposing > sensitive information. > We propose the introduction of a new "connection" resource in Flink. This > will be a pluggable resource configured with a remote endpoint and > associated access key. Once defined, connections can be reused across table > definitions, and eventually for model definition (as discussed in FLIP-437) > for inference, enabling seamless and secure integration with external > systems. > The connection resource will provide a new, optional way to manage external > connectivity in Flink. Existing methods for table definitions will remain > unchanged. > > [1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/cYroF > > Best Regards, > Mayank Juneja
