# Use MQTT Proxy in Confluent Cloud

**URL:** <https://forum.confluent.io/t/use-mqtt-proxy-in-confluent-cloud/5561>\
**Category:** Confluent Cloud\
**Created:** [16 July 2022 16:01 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/use-mqtt-proxy-in-confluent-cloud/5561 "2022-07-16T16:01:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![mmuehlbeyer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/mmuehlbeyer/32/1088_2.png) [@mmuehlbeyer](https://forum.confluent.io/u/mmuehlbeyer)\
**Post date:** [18 July 2022 06:21 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/use-mqtt-proxy-in-confluent-cloud/5561/2 "2022-07-18T06:21:15Z")

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hey @donnie

did you try the solution offered in

> [@Connecting MQTT proxy to Apache kafka cluster in confluent cloud](https://forum.confluent.io/t/connecting-mqtt-proxy-to-apache-kafka-cluster-in-confluent-cloud/4648/3):
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> hello again wink here are the relevant settings which need to be added to your config file # bootstrap server url bootstrap.servers=$yourcluster.aws.confluent.cloud:9092 # security protocol producer.security.protocol=SASL\_SSL # sasl mechanism producer.sasl.mechanism=PLAIN # sasl jaas config producer.sasl.jaas.config=org.apache.kafka.common.security.plain.PlainLoginModule required username='api\_key\_from\_confluent\_cloud' password='api\_secret\_from\_confluent\_cloud'; # confluent cloud re…

best,  
michael

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