# IBM Event Streams Registry

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Requires Enterprise subscription on IBM Event Streams and only hard delete is supported for IBM Event streams
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To configure an application to use this compatibility API, specify the Schema Registry endpoint in the following format:

```
https://token:{$APIKEY}@{$HOST}/{confluent}
```

To add a connection, go to:

**Admin->Connections**

Select the **New Connection** button and select **Schema Registry***.*

Enter:

1. Comma-separated list of schema registry URLs including ports, adding the *confluent* path at the end. Use the value from the **`kafka_http_url`** field in the IBM Console **Service Credentials** tab
2. Enable basic auth if required
3. Set the user name "token"
4. Set the password as the value from API key in the IBM Console **Service Credentials** tab


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