Merge branch '7.2.3-post' into 7.3.0-post

Author: joel-hamill

clients/docs/includes/client-example-prerequisites.rst

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 From the Console, click on `LEARN <https://confluent.cloud/learn>`__ to provision a cluster and click on ``Clients`` to get the cluster-specific configurations and credentials to set for your client application.
 
 You can alternatively use the supported `CLI <https://docs.confluent.io/confluent-cli/current/>`__ or `REST API <https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/get-started/krest-qs.html>`__, or the community-supported :cloud:`ccloud-stack utility for Confluent Cloud|examples/ccloud/docs/ccloud-stack.html`.
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+If you don't want to use |ccloud|, you can also use this tutorial with a |ak| cluster running on your :ref:`local host <quickstart>` or any other remote server.