Before you use a Confluent cluster, you must purchase and deploy an instance. This topic describes how to purchase and deploy an instance.
Prerequisites
An ApsaraMQ for Confluent cluster requires a quota of Server Load Balancer (SLB) resources. Make sure that your account has no overdue payments before you purchase an instance.
You must be authorized to access ApsaraMQ for Kafka. For more information, see Grant access permissions.
Purchase an instance
Log on to the ApsaraMQ for Confluent console. In the left-side navigation pane, click Instances.
In the top navigation bar, select a region and click Buy Instance.
In the Select Instance Billing Method panel, set Instance Series to Confluent Edition Instance, and then click OK.
On the Create Confluent page, configure the parameters, click Create Cluster, and then complete the payment as prompted.
Parameter
Example
Edition
Professional Edition
For information about the differences between editions, see Editions.
Subscription Duration
1 year
Region and Zone
China (Hangzhou)
Computing resource configuration
Select the computing resources and storage size based on your cluster scale, and configure custom component resources as needed. For configuration suggestions, see Evaluate cluster resource specifications.
Component resource configuration
Select the computing resources and storage size based on your cluster scale, and configure custom component resources as needed. For configuration suggestions, see Evaluate cluster resource specifications.
NoteOne capacity unit (CU) represents a computing resource with one CPU core and 4 GB of memory.
Deploy an instance
Log on to the ApsaraMQ for Confluent console. In the left-side navigation pane, click Instances.
In the top menu bar, select a region. On the Instances page, find an instance whose status is Not Deployed and click Deploy in the Actions column.
In the Deploy Instance panel, configure the parameters and click OK.
Parameters for instance deployment
Parameter
Description
Example
Deployment Mode
The cluster supports single-zone and multi-zone deployment.
Single-zone
Zone
Select a zone.
Zone A
Select VPC
Select a virtual private cloud (VPC).
vpc-bp17fapfdj0dwzjkd****
Select vSwitch
If no vSwitch is created, first create a vSwitch in the corresponding zone. To ensure that the cluster starts smoothly, set the available IP address count for each vSwitch to 64 or more.
vsw-bp1gbjhj53hdjdkg****
SLB Service
Enabled by default.
None
Enable Internet Access
Specifies whether to enable public access.
Enable
Logon Name
By default, Control Center uses the root user.
root
Logon Password
Set the logon password for Control Center.
******
Confirm Password
Enter the password again.
******
The instance enters the Deploying state. The deployment takes 10 to 30 minutes.
Upgrade an instance
If the purchased instance does not meet your business requirements, you can upgrade its configuration by performing the following steps:
On the Instance Details page, click Upgrade in the upper-right corner.
On the Upgrade Confluent page, upgrade the component resources, and then click Upgrade. Complete the payment as prompted.
After you complete the payment, the instance status changes to Upgrading. The configuration upgrade is complete when the instance status changes to In Service.
Log on to Control Center
For information about how to log on to and use Control Center, see Basic usage of Control Center.