Using ksqlDB in Confluent Cloud makes things a whole bunch easier because now you just get to build apps and streaming pipelines, instead of having to run and manage a bunch of infrastructure yourself.
Once you’ve got ksqlDB provisioned on Confluent Cloud you can use the web-based editor to build and run queries. You can also connect to it using the REST API and the [ksqlDB CLI tool]. Here’s how.
Read more: Connecting to managed ksqlDB in Confluent Cloud with REST and ksqlDB CLI