# New blog: Connecting to managed ksqlDB in Confluent Cloud with REST and ksqlDB CLI

**URL:** <https://forum.confluent.io/t/new-blog-connecting-to-managed-ksqldb-in-confluent-cloud-with-rest-and-ksqldb-cli/1288>\
**Category:** ksqlDB\
**Created:** [24 March 2021 11:02 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/new-blog-connecting-to-managed-ksqldb-in-confluent-cloud-with-rest-and-ksqldb-cli/1288 "2021-03-24T11:02:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![rmoff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/rmoff/32/3_2.png) [@rmoff](https://forum.confluent.io/u/rmoff)\
**Post date:** [24 March 2021 11:02 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/new-blog-connecting-to-managed-ksqldb-in-confluent-cloud-with-rest-and-ksqldb-cli/1288/1 "2021-03-24T11:02:45Z")

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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.

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**Read more:** [Connecting to managed ksqlDB in Confluent Cloud with REST and ksqlDB CLI](https://rmoff.net/2021/03/24/connecting-to-managed-ksqldb-in-confluent-cloud-with-rest-and-ksqldb-cli/)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/confluentcommunity/original/1X/c49438c90c9df282e9996fdf6971be890c71b65a.svg) [@system](https://forum.confluent.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [23 April 2021 11:03 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/new-blog-connecting-to-managed-ksqldb-in-confluent-cloud-with-rest-and-ksqldb-cli/1288/2 "2021-04-23T11:03:18Z")

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