Create a cluster with Analytics with Kafka

Objective

Apache Kafka is an open-source, distributed event streaming platform designed for real-time, large-scale data processing with high scalability, durability, and low latency.

This guide explains how to create a Kafka cluster via the OVHcloud Control Panel.

Requirements

• Access to the OVHcloud Control Panel
• A Public Cloud project in your OVHcloud account

Instructions

Subscribe to the service

Log in to your OVHcloud Control Panel and switch to Public Cloud in the top navigation bar. After selecting your Public Cloud project, click on Data Streaming in the left-hand navigation bar under Databases & Analytics.

Click the Create a service button.

Select your analytics service

Click on the type of analytics service you want to use and its version. A random name is generated for your service that can change in this step or later.

Select a datacentre

Choose the geographical region of the datacentre where your service will be hosted and the deployment mode (1-AZ vs 3-AZ).

Select a plan

In this step, choose an appropriate service plan. If needed, you will be able to upgrade or downgrade the plan after creation.

Please visit the capabilities page of your selected analytics service for detailed information on each plan's properties.

Select the instance

Choose the instance type for the nodes of your service, you will be able to change it afterward. The number of nodes depends on the plan previously chosen.

Select the storage

Storage can be scaled up to 3 time the base storage.

Configure your options

Choose the network options for your service and whitelist the IP addresses that will access the service.

Review and confirm

A summary of your order is display to help you review your service configuration.

The components of the price is also summarized with a monthly estimation.

Click the API and Terraform equivalent button to open the following window:

The informations displayed in this window could help you automate your service creation with the OVHcloud API or the OVHcloud Terraform Provider.

When you are ready click the Order button to create your service. In a matter of minutes, your new Apache Kafka service will be deployed. Messages in the OVHcloud Control Panel will inform you when the streaming tool is ready to use.

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