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Connecting Apache Kafka® Clients to Confluent Cloud¶
You can connect to Confluent Cloud using your client applications.
Tip
Before connecting a client application to Confluent Cloud, you should increase the timeout for API version requests
from the default value of 10 seconds. You can change this with librdkafka api.version.request.timeout.ms
parameter. For more information, see the
librdkafka configuration documentation.
Connecting to Confluent Cloud from a .NET Application¶
You can configure the Confluent .NET Client for Kafka to connect to a Kafka cluster in Confluent Cloud.
- Install the Confluent .NET Client for Apache Kafka.
- Customize the .NET Confluent Cloud example
for your Confluent Cloud cluster, specifically
bootstrap.servers
,sasl.username
, andsasl.password
. - Integrate with your environment.
Connecting to Confluent Cloud from a Go Application¶
You can configure the Confluent Golang Client for Kafka to connect to a Kafka cluster in Confluent Cloud.
Install the Confluent Golang Client for Apache Kafka.
Important
The Confluent Golang Client for Kafka depends on librdkafka, which must be installed separately.
Customize the Golang Confluent Cloud example for your Confluent Cloud cluster, specifically
bootstrap.servers
,sasl.username
, andsasl.password
.Integrate with your environment.
Connecting to Confluent Cloud from a Python Application¶
You can configure the Confluent Python Client for Kafka to connect to a Kafka cluster in Confluent Cloud.
- Install the Confluent Python Client for Apache Kafka.
- Customize the Python Confluent Cloud example
for your Confluent Cloud cluster, specifically
bootstrap.servers
,sasl.username
, andsasl.password
. - Integrate with your environment.