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# Confluent Cloud

[Confluent Cloud](https://www.confluent.io/) 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.

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### To create a Confluent Cloud Data Store <a href="#create_a_store" id="create_a_store"></a>

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.<br>

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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.<br>

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   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.

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

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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](/how-do-i.../database.md)
* [Create DeltaStream Objects to Structure Raw Data](/how-do-i.../relation.md)
* [Create and Query Materialized Views](/how-do-i.../creating-and-querying-materialized-views.md)