confluent api-key create¶

Description¶

Create API keys for a given resource. A resource is some Confluent product or service for which an API key can be created, for example ksqlDB application ID, or “cloud” to create a Cloud API key.

confluent api-key create [flags]

Flags¶

    --resource string          REQUIRED: The ID of the resource the API key is for. Use "cloud" for a Cloud API key, or "flink" for a Flink API key.
    --description string       Description of API key.
    --cloud string             Specify the cloud provider as "aws", "azure", or "gcp".
    --region string            Cloud region for Flink (use "confluent flink region list" to see all).
    --use                      Use the created API key for the provided resource.
    --context string           CLI context name.
    --environment string       Environment ID.
    --service-account string   Service account ID.
-o, --output string            Specify the output format as "human", "json", or "yaml". (default "human")

Global Flags¶

-h, --help            Show help for this command.
    --unsafe-trace    Equivalent to -vvvv, but also log HTTP requests and responses which might contain plaintext secrets.
-v, --verbose count   Increase verbosity (-v for warn, -vv for info, -vvv for debug, -vvvv for trace).

Examples¶

Create a Cloud API key:

confluent api-key create --resource cloud

Create a Flink API key for region “N. Virginia (us-east-1)”:

confluent api-key create --resource flink --cloud aws --region us-east-1

Create an API key with full access to Kafka cluster “lkc-123456”:

confluent api-key create --resource lkc-123456

Create an API key for Kafka cluster “lkc-123456” and service account “sa-123456”:

confluent api-key create --resource lkc-123456 --service-account sa-123456

Create an API key for Schema Registry cluster “lsrc-123456”:

confluent api-key create --resource lsrc-123456

Create an API key for KSQL cluster “lksqlc-123456”:

confluent api-key create --resource lksqlc-123456