# Confluent Cloud

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For Confluent Platform see [Apache Kafka.](https://docs.lenses.io/latest/deployment/configuration/agent/automation/kafka/apache-kafka)
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Only one Kafka connection is allowed.

The name must be kafka.

See [JSON schema](https://docs.lenses.io/latest/deployment/configuration/overview#json-schema-support) for support.

Environment variables are supported; escape the dollar sign

```yaml
sslKeystorePassword:
  # In case environment variable has single or double quotes escape it with 
  ## "\${ENV_VAR_NAME}
  value: "${ENV_VAR_NAME}"
```

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{% stepper %}
{% step %}
**Create a Data Integration API key**

* From **Data integration API keys**, select **Create Key**.
* For this guide select **Global access** to get your API Key and **API Secret Ke**y.
* Go to **Cluster Settings** to get your **Bootstrap Server.**
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**Configure Provisioning**

Set the following in the **provisioning.yaml**

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Environment variables are supported; escape the dollar sign

```yaml
sslKeystorePassword:
  # In case environment variable has single or double quotes in string escape it with 
  ## "\${ENV_VAR_NAME}
  value: "${ENV_VAR_NAME}"
```

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<pre class="language-yaml" data-title="provisioning.yaml"><code class="lang-yaml">kafka:
- name: kafka
  version: 1
  tags: ['my-tag']
  configuration:
    kafkaBootstrapServers:
      value:
        - SASL_SSL://[YOUR_BOOTSTRAP_SERVER]
        - SASL_SSL://[YOUR_BOOTSTRAP_SERVER]
    protocol: 
      value: SASL_SSL
    saslMechanism: 
      value: PLAIN
    saslJaasConfig:
      value: |
<strong>        org.apache.kafka.common.security.plain.PlainLoginModule required 
</strong>        username="[YOUR_API_KEY]" 
        password="[YOUR_API_KEY_SECRET]";
</code></pre>

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