Connecting to Kafka on the Console

Scenario

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 only when the instance is in the Running state.

Producing Messages on the Console

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

   Select the region where your Kafka instance is located.

3. Click in the upper left corner and choose Application > Distributed Message Service for Kafka to open the console of DMS for Kafka.
4. Click the desired Kafka instance to view details.
5. In the navigation pane, choose Topics.
6. Choose More > Creating Messages in the row that contains the desired topic. The Creating Messages dialog box is displayed.
7. Set message parameters by referring to Table 1.

   Table 1 Message parameters

   Parameter	Description
   Message Body	Message content.
   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.

8. Click OK.

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