Support export/import of direct connections

[Derek Li (derek1ee)]

Users

• Development manager tasked with ensuring a team is successful in using streaming data
• Developer on a team tasked with building new features using streaming data
• Developer at an org who manages a streaming platform while building new features that use streaming data
• Developer tasked with building pipelines for use in business analytics
• Other: [User type] tasked with [primary goal in the realm of streaming data]

Problems

Solutions

1. Once a direct connection is created, I can export it as a text file.
2. I can import the text file previously exported to re-create that direct connection.
3. On Ccloud/CP, provide a link to download the ready-formatted file for a given cluster.

Goals

Non-Goals

Background

Make it easier for team to manage and share connection information.

Proposal

1. Once a direct connection is created, I can export it as a text file.
2. I can import the text file previously exported to re-create that direct connection.
3. On Ccloud/CP, provide a link to download the ready-formatted file for a given cluster.