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Disabling Smart Connect

Disable Smart Connect and resources can be freed.

Disabling Smart Connect does not affect services.

Notes and Constraints

  • Brokers related to Smart Connect are automatically deleted, and no longer generate fees.
  • If you disable Smart Connect and then enable it again, deleted Smart Connect tasks cannot be retrieved and need to be created again.
  • Unavailable for single-node instances.

Prerequisites

  • A Kafka instance has been created and is in the Running state.
  • All Smart Connect tasks must be deleted. This is to prevent running Smart Connect tasks from being lost after Smart Connect is disabled.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Kafka console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner to select the region where your instance is located.
  3. Disable Smart Connect using either of the following methods:

    • In the row containing the desired Kafka instance, choose More > Disable Smart Connect.
    • Click the desired Kafka instance to go to the instance details page. Choose > Disable Smart Connect in the upper right corner.

  4. Click to disable Smart Connect. Then click Next.
  5. Ensure that Smart Connect is disabled and click Submit.

    Smart Connect has been successfully disabled if the task is in the Successful state on the Current Tasks tab page of the Instance > Background Tasks page.

Related Document

To disable Smart Connect by calling an API, see Disabling Smart Connect (Pay-per-Use Instance).

Parent Topic: Migrating Data Using Smart Connect