# Manage Application Resources in Confluent Cloud Using Confluent for Kubernetes Using declarative Kubernetes-native API that Confluent for Kubernetes (CFK) provides, you can create and manage data plane application resources in Confluent Cloud. The prerequisites are: * You must deploy CFK. You don’t need to deploy Confluent Platform. * Create Confluent Cloud access credentials in the form of an API key as described in [Confluent Cloud Setup](https://github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kubernetes-examples/tree/master/hybrid/clusterlink/ccloud-as-destination-cluster#ccloud-setup). The resources you can currently manage on Confluent Cloud with CFK are the following. The list will grow in future releases. - [Kafka Topics](co-manage-topics.md#co-manage-topics) For sample scenarios of creating and managing topics in Confluent Cloud, see [Create topic on Confluent Cloud](https://github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kubernetes-examples/tree/master/hybrid/ccloud-topic). - [Cluster Linking](co-link-clusters.md#co-link-clusters) For a sample scenario of managing Cluster Linking with Confluent Cloud, see [Cluster Linking examples](https://github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kubernetes-examples/tree/master/hybrid/clusterlink/ccloud-as-destination-cluster) - [Schemas](co-manage-schemas.md#co-manage-schemas) For sample scenarios of creating and managing schemas in Confluent Cloud, see [Create and manage schema on Confluent Cloud](https://github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kubernetes-examples/tree/master/hybrid/ccloud-schema).