Viewing an Instance

Scenario

View detailed information about a Kafka instance on the Kafka console, for example, the IP addresses and port numbers for accessing the instance.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner to select a region.
   

   Select the region where your Kafka instance is located.

3. Click and choose Application > Distributed Message Service for Kafka to open the console of DMS for Kafka.
4. Search for a Kafka instance by tag, status, name, ID, or connection address. Table 1 describes the various possible statuses of a Kafka instance.

   Table 1 Kafka instance status description

   Status	Description
   Creating	The instance is being created.
   Running	The instance is running properly. Only instances in the Running state can provide services.
   Faulty	The instance is not running properly.
   Restarting	The instance is being restarted.
   Changing	The instance specifications or public access configurations are being modified.
   Change failed	The instance specifications or public access configurations failed to be modified.

5. Click the name of the desired Kafka instance and view detailed information about the instance on the Basic Information tab page.

   Table 2 describes the parameters for connecting to a Kafka instance. For details about other parameters, see the Basic Information tab page of the Kafka instance on the console.

   Table 2 Connection parameters

   Section	Parameter	Description
   Connection	Instance Address (Private Network)	Address for connecting to the instance when public access is disabled. The number of connection addresses is the same as that of brokers.
   	Public Access	Indicates whether public access has been enabled for the instance.
   	Instance Address (Public Network)	Address for connecting to the instance when public access is enabled. This parameter is displayed only when public access is enabled.