Confluent Cloud

Confluent Cloud is a fully-managed cloud service based on Apache Kafka. This article shows you how to create Confluent Cloud-type data stores directly in DeltaStream.

Note For more information on creating data stores, see Create Data Stores for Streaming Data.

To create a Confluent Cloud Data Store

1. In the lefthand navigation, click Resources, and then click + Add Data Store.

2. From the menu that displays, click ConfluentKafka. The Add Data Store window opens.

   
3. Enter the authentication and connection parameters. This includes:

   1. a unique Name for the data store. Store names are limited to a maximum of 255 characters. Only alphanumeric characters, dashes, and underscores are allowed.

   2. the URIs to connect to Confluent Cloud. You can find your bootstrap server on Confluent's Cluster settings page.

      
   3. the API Key and API Secret created on Confluent Cloud.

4. Click Add.

Your Confluent Cloud Cluster displays on the Resources page in your list of data stores.

To inspect the topics in the data store, and to print their records, simply click on the data store.

With your Confluent Cloud data store set up, view the following tutorials to learn how to manage and process your streaming data with DeltaStream.

• Use Namespacing for Organizing Data

• Create DeltaStream Objects to Structure Raw Data

• Create and Query Materialized Views