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You first need to package the Flink application and all its dependencies into a Jar file that can be deployed to a Flink evnironment.

1. Expand the Maven pane and click on the **m** to execute `clean package` as a Maven goal

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1. Maven will now build a jar file that includes all the dependencies of the Flink application. The jar file is stored in the *target* directory and can be deployed to KDA.

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If you are feeling lucky, you can upload the generated jar file to an S3 bucket and subsequently deploy it to KDA. However, the following steps will use a precompiled jar file that is tested and works as intended.
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