## Set up Confluent Schema Registry

URL: https://docs.atlan.com/apps/connectors/schema/confluent-schema-registry/how-tos/set-up-confluent-schema-registry

> Create API keys on Confluent so Atlan can access your Schema Registry.

Create API keys on Confluent Cloud so Atlan can access metadata from your Schema Registry environment. Atlan doesn't make any API requests or queries that modify the resources in your Confluent Cloud Schema Registry environment.

## Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have:

* Schema Registry administrator access in Confluent Cloud -- you may need your administrator to complete these steps
* Access to the Confluent Cloud Console for your environment

## Create API key

To [create an API key](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/access-management/authenticate/api-keys/api-keys.html#resource-specific-api-keys) for [crawling Confluent Schema Registry](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/confluent-schema-registry/crawl-confluent-schema-registry/llms.txt):

1. Log in to your [Confluent Cloud](https://confluent.cloud/) instance.
2. From the left menu of the _Cloud Console_, click **Environments** and then select your environment.
3. On your environment page, under _Stream Governance API_ in the right menu, for _Endpoint_, click the clipboard icon to copy the endpoint and store it in a secure location.
4. Under _Credentials_ in the right menu, click **View & manage** if there are any existing API keys or click **0 keys** if there are none to open the API credentials dialog.
5. In the _API credentials_ dialog, click **+ Add key** if there are any existing API keys or click **Create key** if there are none to create a new schema registry API key.
6. From the _Create a new Schema Registry API key_ dialog:
 1. For _Key_, click the clipboard icon to copy the API key and store it in a secure location.
 2. For _Secret_, click the clipboard icon to copy the API secret and store it in a secure location.
 3. For _Description_, enter a description -- for example, `Atlan integration API key`.

You need the schema registry endpoint, API key, and API secret when configuring the crawler.

## Next steps

- **Crawl Schema Registry standalone**: Proceed to [Crawl Confluent Schema Registry](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/confluent-schema-registry/crawl-confluent-schema-registry/llms.txt) to catalog subjects and schema versions independently.
- **Crawl Schema Registry with Apache Kafka**: If you've already [set up Apache Kafka](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/apache-kafka/set-up-apache-kafka/llms.txt), proceed to [Crawl Apache Kafka](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/apache-kafka/crawl-apache-kafka/llms.txt) where you can provide Schema Registry credentials and crawl both in a single workflow.

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