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Connecting to Kafka on the Console

This section describes how a Kafka instance produces messages on the console. Specified messages can be sent to a Kafka instance to verify service logic.

Prerequisites

  • Messages can be produced in a topic only when the instance is in the Running state.
  • A topic has been created.

Producing Messages on the Console

  1. Log in to the Kafka console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner to select the region where your instance is located.
  3. Click the desired instance to go to the instance details page.
  4. In the navigation pane, choose Instance > Topics.
  5. Go to the message production page in either of the following ways:

    • In the row containing the desired topic, choose More > Create Message (if SASL is enabled) or click Create Message (if SASL is disabled). The Create Message dialog box is displayed.
    • Click the desired topic to go to the topic details page. Click Create Message in the upper right corner. The Create Message dialog box is displayed.

  6. Set message parameters by referring to Table 1.

    Table 1 Message parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    Message Body

    Message content. 0 to 128,000 bytes.

    Message Key

    Message key.

    Specify Partition

    Indicates whether to enable the function of sending messages to a specified partition.

    • Off: Messages are sent to partitions based on their key hash.
    • On: Messages are sent to specified partitions. Requires the partition ID.

  7. Click OK.

    You can view the sent messages on the Instance > Message Query page.

Related Document

To send specific messages to a Kafka instance on the console by calling an API, see Producing Messages to Kafka.