Create Stream Designer Pipelines with the Confluent CLI and Pipelines API

With Confluent Cloud, Stream Designer enables users to build RAG-enabled GenAI pipelines quickly and easily using a visual canvas. The latest release of Confluent Cloud provides new features that allow users to create and update pipelines with SQL source code by using the Confluent CLI and the Pipelines REST API. This process automatically detects and securely stores passwords and secrets used in connector ksqlDB statements, updating them to use variables that can be updated and managed separately from the SQL code. Users can manage their pipelines programmatically using the Pipelines REST API, which enables secret rotation by using a patch file. With this update, users have more flexibility and control over their pipeline life cycle, allowing them to build streaming data applications with ease.