What is Kafka?
Kafka is an open-source distributed Message streaming platform that uses publish and subscribe mechanism to stream the records. Confluent Apache Kafka has fully managed services with major cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud providers.
How to Register Using Confluent Kafka
You can register for Kafka on Confluent IO.
If you're new to Confluent Kafka, you can register by using the get started URL, https://www.confluent.io/get-started/.
There are two types of confluent Kafka supports on Cloud and Software
- Cloud: A fully managed service available with major cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure, AWS, etc for Apache Kafka®
- Software: A self-managed, enterprise-grade distribution of Apache Kafka®
New signups received a 30-day trial with a 400$ Credit limit for exploring the CAK
The login process is shown in the below screenshot steps.
It will redirect you to a login URL with multiple options as shown in the below screenshot.
Once successfully validated the login credentials, the home screen will be displayed as shown below.
For a free trial account, the default environment will be created by the CAK service at the time of account creation.
Now important menu items we should know before diving into CAK services.
| SNO | Menu Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Environments | Kafka clusters and distributed elements like Connect, ksqlDB, and Schema Registry are found in an environment. For Confluent Cloud, you can specify numerous environments for a single Organization, and adding more environments is completely free. To prevent interfering with one another, various divisions or teams can use separate environments. |
| 2 | Accounts & Access | Managing User Accounts & Service Accounts on this select section |
| 3 | Bill Payments | The amount of resources used by your cloud company determines how much Confluent Cloud will charge you. The total quantity of data that is transferred into and out of your cluster, as well as the request overhead incurred by the Kafka protocol, are included in this. |
| 4 | Cloud API Keys | Access to Confluent Cloud components and services is controlled by Confluent Cloud API keys. Each API key comprises of a secret as well as a key. For information on using user and service profiles, as well as their possession of API keys. |
| 5 | Metrics | Multiple data are gathered from an Apache Kafka® cluster by the Confluent data Reporter. |
| 6 | Single sign-on | Using your current SAML-based identity supplier, Confluent Cloud enables single sign-on (SSO). |
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