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Buying a RocketMQ Instance

RocketMQ instances are physically isolated and exclusively occupied by each tenant. You can customize specifications and storage space of a RocketMQ instance as required.

Preparing Required Resources

Before purchasing a RocketMQ instance, prepare the required resources, including a virtual private cloud (VPC), subnet, and security group with proper rules. Each RocketMQ instance is deployed in a specific VPC and bound to a specific subnet and security group, which provide an isolated virtual network environment and allow you to easily configure and manage security protection policies.

Table 1 lists the resources required by a RocketMQ instance.

Table 1 RocketMQ resources

Resource

Requirement

Operations

VPC and subnet

Configure the VPC and subnet for RocketMQ instances as required. You can use the current account's existing VPC and subnet or create new ones.

Note the following when creating a VPC and a subnet:

  • The VPC and the RocketMQ instance must be in the same region.
  • Use the default settings when creating a VPC and subnet.

For details on how to create a VPC and subnet, see Creating a VPC and Subnet. If you need to create and use a new subnet in an existing VPC, see Creating a Subnet for an Existing VPC.

Security group

Different RocketMQ instances can use the same security group or different security groups.

To use RocketMQ instances, add the security group rules described in Table 2 or Table 3. You can also add other rules as required.

After a security group is created, its default inbound rule allows communication among ECSs within the security group and its default outbound rule allows all outbound traffic. In this case, you can access a RocketMQ instance within a VPC, and do not need to add rules according to Table 2 or Table 3.

For details on how to create a security group, see Creating a Security Group. For details on how to add rules to a security group, see Adding a Security Group Rule.

EIP

This parameter is required to enable public access.

Note the following when creating EIPs:

  • The EIPs must be created in the same region as the RocketMQ instance.
  • The RocketMQ console cannot identify IPv6 EIPs.

For details about how to create an EIP, see Assigning an EIP.
Table 2 Security group rules (RocketMQ 4.8.0)

Direction

Protocol

Port

Source

Description

Inbound

TCP

8100

IP address or IP address group of the RocketMQ client

The port is used for private network access to metadata nodes using TCP.

Inbound

TCP

8200

The port is used for public network access to metadata nodes using TCP.

Inbound

TCP

10100–10199

The port is used for private access to service nodes using TCP.

Inbound

TCP

10101–10199

The port is used for public access to service nodes using TCP.
Table 3 Security group rules (RocketMQ 5.x)

Direction

Protocol

Port

Source

Description

Inbound

TCP

8100

IP address or IP address group of the RocketMQ client

The port is used for private network access to instances using TCP.

Inbound

TCP

8200

The port is used for public network access to instances using TCP.

Inbound

TCP

8080

The port is used for private network access to instances using gRPC.

Inbound

TCP

8081

The port is used for public network access to instances using gRPC.

Inbound

TCP

10100

The port is used for private access to service nodes using TCP.

Inbound

TCP

10101

The port is used for public access to service nodes using TCP.

Purchasing a RocketMQ Instance

A RocketMQ instance can be purchased in three ways to meet your requirements.

  1. Go to the Buy Instance page.
  2. Set basic instance configurations on the Quick Config tab page.

    Table 4 Basic instance configuration parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    Billing Mode

    The billing mode of the RocketMQ instance.

    Two billing modes are available:

    • Yearly/Monthly is a prepaid mode. You need to pay first, and will be billed for your subscription period.
    • Pay-per-use is a postpaid mode. You can pay after using the service, and will be billed for your usage duration. The fees are calculated in seconds and settled by hour.

    Region

    DMS for RocketMQ instances in different regions cannot communicate with each other over an intranet. Select a nearest location for low latency and fast access.

    AZ

    An AZ is a physical region where resources use independent power supply and networks. AZs are physically isolated but interconnected through an internal network.

    Select an AZ as required. It is fixed once the instance is created.

  3. Configure the bundle.

    • Recommended: Select a preset DMS for RocketMQ bundle as required.

      Specify the disk type and capacity as required. The disk type is fixed once the instance is created.

      Figure 1 Recommended
    • Custom: The system calculates the number of brokers and broker storage space for different flavors based on your specified number of topics, peak creation TPS, peak retrieval TPS, average message size, and number of messages created every day. You can select one of the recommended flavors as required. This function is unavailable for 5.x.
      Figure 2 Specification calculation

  4. Configure the network.

    Table 5 Instance network parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    VPC

    Select a created or shared VPC.

    A VPC provides an isolated virtual network for your RocketMQ instances. You can configure and manage the network. You can click Manage VPC on the right to go to the VPC console and view or create a VPC.

    The VPC is fixed once the instance is created.

    Subnet

    Select a created or shared subnet.

    The subnet is fixed once the instance is created.

    Security Group

    Select a created security group.

    A security group is a set of rules for accessing a RocketMQ instance. You can click Create Security Group on the right to go to the Security Groups page on the network console to view or create a security group.

    Before accessing a RocketMQ instance on the client, configure security group rules based on the access mode. For details about security group rules, see Table 3.

  5. Set the instance access mode.

    Table 6 Instance access mode parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    Public Network Access

    Accessing a RocketMQ instance over a public network

    By default, it is disabled. Enabling it requires IPv4 EIPs for the instance.

    Encryption Mode

    The access encryption mode used by the instance.

    Three encryption modes are available:

    • SSL: Ciphertext access with high security, but lower performance.
    • PLAINTEXT: Plaintext access with high performance, but lower security.
    • PERMISSIVE: Both ciphertext and plaintext access, depending on the client.

    Select one as required.

  6. Configure advanced settings.

    Table 7 Advanced setting parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    Instance Name

    You can customize a name that complies with the rules: 4–64 characters; starts with a letter; can contain only letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).

    Enterprise Project

    Available for enterprise users.

    Enterprise projects facilitate project-level management and grouping of cloud resources and users. The default project is default.

    ACL

    Enabling ACL can manage permissions for message production and consumption.

    User management will be unavailable after ACL is disabled.

    For the 5.x basic edition, topic and consumer group permissions cannot be specified for ACL users.

    Tags

    Tags are used to identify cloud resources. When you have many cloud resources of the same type, you can use tags to classify cloud resources by dimension (for example, usage, owner, or environment).

    • If you have created predefined tags, select a predefined pair of tag key and value. You can click Create predefined tags to go to the Tag Management Service (TMS) console and view or create tags.
    • You can also click Add Tag to set tags with Tag key and Tag value.

    A maximum of 20 tags can be added to an instance. For details about tag naming, see Configuring Tags for a RocketMQ Instance.

    Description

    Set the description of the instance by using up to 1024 characters.

  7. Select the required duration.

    This parameter is displayed only if the billing mode is yearly/monthly.

  8. Click Next.
  9. Confirm the instance information. If you have selected Yearly/Monthly for Billing Mode, click Pay Now and make the payment as prompted. If you have selected the pay-per-use mode, click Submit.
  10. Return to the instance list and check whether the RocketMQ instance has been created.

    It takes 3 to 15 minutes to create an instance. During this period, the instance status is Creating.

    • If the instance is created successfully, its status changes to Running.
    • If the instance is in the Failed state, delete it by referring to Deleting a RocketMQ Instance and try creating another one. If the instance creation fails again, contact customer service.

      Instances that fail to be created do not occupy other resources.

  1. Go to the Buy Instance page.
  2. Set basic instance configurations on the Standard Config tab page.

    Table 8 Basic instance configuration parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    Billing Mode

    The billing mode of the RocketMQ instance.

    Two billing modes are available:

    • Yearly/Monthly is a prepaid mode. You need to pay first, and will be billed for your subscription period.
    • Pay-per-use is a postpaid mode. You can pay after using the service, and will be billed for your usage duration. The fees are calculated in seconds and settled by hour.

    Region

    DMS for RocketMQ instances in different regions cannot communicate with each other over an intranet. Select a nearest location for low latency and fast access.

    AZ

    An AZ is a physical region where resources use independent power supply and networks. AZs are physically isolated but interconnected through an internal network.

    Select an AZ as required. It is fixed once the instance is created.

  3. Configure the following instance parameters:

    Table 9 Instance specifications parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    Specifications

    Default is available.

    Version

    RocketMQ version

    5.x and 4.8.0 are available.

    The version is fixed once the instance is created.

    Instance Type

    RocketMQ instance type

    Basic and Professional are available for v5.x. Default is fixed for v4.8.0.

    The basic edition cannot be directly upgraded to the professional one.

    Architecture

    Single-node and Cluster are available. V4.8.0 supports only Cluster.

    Flavor/Broker Flavor

    Select a flavor or broker flavor as required.

    • Flavor is displayed for v5.x.
    • Broker Flavor is displayed for v4.8.0.

    Select one as required.

    Brokers

    Specify the broker quantity. The maximum number of brokers varies depending on the broker flavor.

    Available only for v4.8.0.

    Disk Type

    The disk types support high I/O and ultra-high I/O.

    The disk type is fixed once the instance is created.

    Disk Capacity per Broker/Disk Capacity

    The disk capacity is the total storage space of the equipment. Set it as required.

    • Disk Capacity is displayed for v5.x.
    • Disk Capacity per Broker is displayed for v4.8.0.

  4. Set the network.

    Table 10 Instance network parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    VPC

    Select a created or shared VPC.

    A VPC provides an isolated virtual network for your RocketMQ instances. You can configure and manage the network. You can click Manage VPC on the right to go to the VPC console and view or create a VPC.

    The VPC is fixed once the instance is created.

    Subnet

    Select a created or shared subnet.

    The subnet is fixed once the instance is created.

    Security Group

    Select a created security group.

    A security group is a set of rules for accessing a RocketMQ instance. You can click Create Security Group on the right to go to the Security Groups page on the network console to view or create a security group.

    Before accessing a RocketMQ instance on the client, configure security group rules based on the access mode. For details about security group rules, see Table 3.

  5. Set the instance access mode.

    Table 11 Instance access mode parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    Public Network Access

    Accessing a RocketMQ instance over a public network

    By default, it is disabled. Enabling it requires IPv4 EIPs for the instance.

    Encryption Mode

    The access encryption mode used by the instance.

    Three encryption modes are available:

    • SSL: Ciphertext access with high security, but lower performance.
    • PLAINTEXT: Plaintext access with high performance, but lower security.
    • PERMISSIVE: Both ciphertext and plaintext access, depending on the client.

    Select one as required.

  6. Configure advanced settings.

    Table 12 Advanced setting parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    Instance Name

    You can customize a name that complies with the rules: 4–64 characters; starts with a letter; can contain only letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).

    Enterprise Project

    Available for enterprise users.

    Enterprise projects facilitate project-level management and grouping of cloud resources and users. The default project is default.

    ACL

    Enabling ACL can manage permissions for message production and consumption.

    User management will be unavailable after ACL is disabled.

    For the 5.x basic edition, topic and consumer group permissions cannot be specified for ACL users.

    Tags

    Tags are used to identify cloud resources. When you have many cloud resources of the same type, you can use tags to classify cloud resources by dimension (for example, usage, owner, or environment).

    • If you have created predefined tags, select a predefined pair of tag key and value. You can click Create predefined tags to go to the Tag Management Service (TMS) console and view or create tags.
    • You can also click Add Tag to set tags with Tag key and Tag value.

    A maximum of 20 tags can be added to an instance. For details about tag naming, see Configuring Tags for a RocketMQ Instance.

    Description

    Set the description of the instance by using up to 1024 characters.

  7. Select the required duration.

    This parameter is displayed only if the billing mode is yearly/monthly.

  8. In Summary on the right, view the selected instance configuration.
  9. Click Confirm.
  10. Confirm the instance information. If you have selected Yearly/Monthly for Billing Mode, click Pay Now and make the payment as prompted. If you have selected Pay-per-use for Billing Mode, click Submit.
  11. Return to the instance list and check whether the RocketMQ instance has been created.

    It takes 3 to 15 minutes to create an instance. During this period, the instance status is Creating.

    • If the instance is created successfully, its status changes to Running.
    • If the instance is in the Failed state, delete it by referring to Deleting a RocketMQ Instance and try creating another one. If the instance creation fails again, contact customer service.

      Instances that fail to be created do not occupy other resources.

A RocketMQ instance must be available.

You can purchase another RocketMQ instance with the same configuration as the existing one by using the Buy Another function.

  1. Go to the RocketMQ console.
  2. Select a target RocketMQ instance and choose More > Buy Another in the Operation column.
  3. Adjust the automatically replicated parameter settings as required.

    The RocketMQ instance can be renamed. For details, see Customizing a RocketMQ Instance.

  4. In Summary on the right, view the selected instance configuration.
  5. Click Confirm.
  6. Confirm the instance information. If you have selected Yearly/Monthly for Billing Mode, click Pay Now and make the payment as prompted. If you have selected Pay-per-use for Billing Mode, click Submit.
  7. Return to the instance list and check whether the RocketMQ instance has been created.

    It takes 3 to 15 minutes to create an instance. During this period, the instance status is Creating.

    • If the instance is created successfully, its status changes to Running.
    • If the instance is in the Failed state, delete it by referring to Deleting a RocketMQ Instance and try creating another one. If the instance creation fails again, contact customer service.

      Instances that fail to be created do not occupy other resources.

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