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Using Confluent Cloud

You can use Confluent Cloud web interface to manage cluster resources, settings, and billing. You can access the Confluent Cloud web interface at https://confluent.cloud. You can use the Confluent Cloud command line tool to create and manage Kafka topics.

Create Cluster

Confluent Cloud

From the Environment overview page, click Create cluster.

Confluent Cloud Enterprise

Contact Confluent at https://www.confluent.io/cloud-contact.

Add Users

1. Click your username in the upper-right corner and click Users.

2. Click Add user.

   

3. Enter the user’s email and click Send Invite. The user will receive an email inviting them to your Confluent Cloud instance.

   

View Bill

1. Click your username in the upper-right corner and click Billing & payment.

   Confluent Cloud

   

   Confluent Cloud Enterprise

   

Change Password

1. Click your username in the upper-right corner and click Settings.

2. Click the Password tab.

3. Enter your current and new password and click Save changes.

   

Change Settings and Configuration

Tip

Confluent Cloud only. If you’re using Confluent Cloud Enterprise, contact your sales rep to edit cluster settings.

1. From the Environment overview page, click your cluster name and click Change settings.

   

2. Choose your action.

   

Delete Cluster

Tip

Confluent Cloud only. If you’re using Confluent Cloud Enterprise, contact your sales rep to delete clusters.

1. From the Environment overview page, click your cluster name and click Change settings.

   

2. Choose Request deletion in the bottom right corner.

   

3. Type the name of your cluster and click Continue.

   

Monitor Cluster Activity

You can monitor cluster activity and usage from from the Environment overview page. The read, write, and storage capacity for each cluster in your account is shown. The metrics available are provisioned, peak, and average throughput capacity.

Tip

If your cluster is reaching its peak storage capacity for sustained durations, consider increasing the capacity.

You can use the right-hand dropdown menu to show activity for last hour, 24 hours, or 7 days.

Install the Confluent Cloud CLI

Follow the instructions for installing the Confluent Cloud CLI based on your operating system.

MacOS

Install using these brew commands:

1. Tap the Confluent repository for Confluent Cloud.

   brew tap confluentinc/ccloud
   

2. Install Confluent Cloud.

   brew install ccloud
   

3. Optional: Verify installation by typing ccloud in your terminal.

   ccloud
   

   You should see Confluent Cloud CLI usage information:

   usage: ccloud [(--config-dir <configDir> | -c <configDir>)] [(--verbose | -v)]
           <command> [<args>]
   
   The most commonly used ccloud commands are:
       consume   Consume from a topic.
       help      Display help information
       init      Initialize the CLI.
       produce   Produce to a topic.
       topic     Manage topics.
       version   Print the version number.
   
   See 'ccloud help <command>' for more information on a specific command.
   

Linux

Download and unzip the Confluent Cloud tarball.

1. Download and unzip from here. Add the contents of the bin directory to your PATH environment variable so that which ccloud finds the Confluent Cloud CLI command.

2. Optional: Verify installation by typing ccloud in your terminal.

   ccloud
   

   You should see Confluent Cloud CLI usage information:

   usage: ccloud [(--config-dir <configDir> | -c <configDir>)] [(--verbose | -v)]
           <command> [<args>]
   
   The most commonly used ccloud commands are:
       consume   Consume from a topic.
       help      Display help information
       init      Initialize the CLI.
       produce   Produce to a topic.
       topic     Manage topics.
       version   Print the version number.
   
   See 'ccloud help <command>' for more information on a specific command.
   

Windows

Download and unzip the Confluent Cloud ZIP file.

1. Download and unzip from here. Use the bin/ccloud.ps1 PowerShell script to run Confluent Cloud CLI.

2. Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable.

3. Optional: Verify installation by typing ccloud in your terminal.

   .\bin\ccloud.ps1 <command>
   

   You should see Confluent Cloud CLI usage information:

   usage: ccloud [(--config-dir <configDir> | -c <configDir>)] [(--verbose | -v)]
           <command> [<args>]
   
   The most commonly used ccloud commands are:
       consume   Consume from a topic.
       help      Display help information
       init      Initialize the CLI.
       produce   Produce to a topic.
       topic     Manage topics.
       version   Print the version number.
   
   See 'ccloud help <command>' for more information on a specific command.