Help Center/ EventGrid/ Best Practices/ Routing OBS Application Service Messages to DMS for Kafka/ Implementation Procedure/ Creating a Kafka Connection
Updated on 2025-09-05 GMT+08:00
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Creating a Kafka Connection

  1. Log in to the EG console.
  2. In the navigation pane, choose Network Management > Connections.
  3. Click Create Connection.

    When you create your first connection, your authorization will be required and an agency will be automatically created. For details, see Authorization.

  4. Configure the connection parameters. For details about the parameters for creating a DMS for Kafka connection, see Creating a Connection.

    • Type: Select DMS for Kafka.
    • Name: Enter kafka-connect.
    • Instance: Select eg-kafka.
    • SASL_SSL Authentication: Select SCRAM-SHA-512.
    • Username: Enter the username kafka-name of this instance.
    • Password: Enter the password of this instance.
    • Acknowledgments: Select Leader only.

  5. Click OK. If the connection status is Normal, the connection is successfully created.
Parent topic: Implementation Procedure