Configuring Kafka Public Access

Prerequisites

• You can change the public access setting only when the Kafka instance is in the Running state.
• (Optional) To access a Kafka instance using IPv6 addresses, ensure that IPv6 is enabled for the Kafka instance.

Notes and Constraints

Kafka instances only support IPv4 EIPs. IPv6 EIPs are not supported.

Enabling Public IPv4 Access (SASL Cannot Be Changed)

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 and choose Middleware > Distributed Message Service (for Kafka) to open the console of DMS for Kafka.
4. Click a Kafka instance to go to the Basic Information page.
5. Click next to Public Access to enable public access. For Elastic IP Address, select an EIP for each broker.

   If the EIPs are insufficient, do as follows to set them.

   1. Click Create Elastic IP to go to the Buy EIP page and purchase EIPs. For details, see Assigning an EIP.
   2. After the purchase is complete, return to the public access enabling page.
   3. Click after Elastic IP Address, select an EIP for each broker and then click .
   4. You can view the operation progress on the Background Tasks page. If the task status is Successful, the modification has succeeded.
   Figure 1 Enabling public access
   

   After public access is enabled, configure security group rules listed in Table 1 before attempting to access Kafka. For details about accessing Kafka, see Connecting to an Instance.

   Table 1 Kafka instance security group rules (public IPv4 access)

   Direction	Protocol	Type	Port	Source	Description
   Inbound	TCP	IPv4	9094	IP address or IP address group of the Kafka client	Accessing Kafka over a public network (without SSL)
   Inbound	TCP	IPv4	9095	IP address or IP address group of the Kafka client	Accessing Kafka over a public network (with SSL)

Disabling Public IPv4 Access (SASL Cannot Be Changed)

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 and choose Middleware > Distributed Message Service (for Kafka) to open the console of DMS for Kafka.
4. Click a Kafka instance to go to the Basic Information page.
5. Click next to Public Access.

   You can view the operation progress on the Background Tasks page. If the task status is Successful, the modification has succeeded.

   After public access is disabled, configure security group rules listed in Table 2 before attempting to access Kafka in a VPC. For details about accessing Kafka, see Connecting to an Instance.

   Table 2 Kafka instance security group rules (private access)

   Direction	Protocol	Type	Port	Source	Description
   Inbound	TCP	IPv4	9092	IP address or IP address group of the Kafka client	Accessing a Kafka instance over a private network within a VPC (without SSL)
   Inbound	TCP	IPv4	9093	IP address or IP address group of the Kafka client	Accessing a Kafka instance over a private network within a VPC (with SSL)

   

   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 Kafka instance within a VPC, and do not need to add rules according to Table 2.

Enabling Public IPv4 Access (Plaintext or Ciphertext Access Can Be Changed)

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 and choose Middleware > Distributed Message Service for Kafka to open the console of DMS for Kafka.
4. Click a Kafka instance to go to the Basic Information page.
5. Click next to Public Access to enable public access. For Elastic IP Address, select an EIP for each broker.

   If the EIPs are insufficient, do as follows to set them.

   1. Click Create Elastic IP to go to the Buy EIP page and purchase EIPs. For details, see Assigning an EIP.
   2. After the purchase is complete, return to the public access enabling page.
   3. Click after Elastic IP Address, select an EIP for each broker and then click . The Background Tasks page is displayed.
   4. If the status of the task turns to Successful, public access is successfully enabled.
   Figure 2 Enabling public access
   

   After public access is enabled, configure the access mode (plaintext or ciphertext) and security group rules listed in Table 3 before attempting to access Kafka. For details about accessing Kafka, see Connecting to an Instance.

   Table 3 Kafka instance security group rules (public IPv4 access)

   Direction	Protocol	Type	Port	Source	Description
   Inbound	TCP	IPv4	9094	IP address or IP address group of the Kafka client	Public plaintext access to Kafka
   Inbound	TCP	IPv4	9095	IP address or IP address group of the Kafka client	Public ciphertext access to Kafka

Disabling Public IPv4 Access (Plaintext or Ciphertext Access Can Be Changed)

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 and choose Middleware > Distributed Message Service for Kafka to open the console of DMS for Kafka.
4. Click a Kafka instance to go to the Basic Information page.
5. Before disabling public access, disable Plaintext Access and Ciphertext Access next to Public Network Access. Then click next to Public Access.
6. Click OK. The Background Tasks page is displayed. If the status of the task turns to Successful, public access is successfully disabled.
   After public access is disabled, configure security group rules listed in Table 4 before attempting to access Kafka in a VPC. For details about accessing Kafka, see Connecting to an Instance.

   

   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 Kafka instance within a VPC, and do not need to add rules according to Table 4.

   Table 4 Kafka instance security group rules (private access)

   Direction	Protocol	Type	Port	Source	Description
   Inbound	TCP	IPv4	9092	IP address or IP address group of the Kafka client	Accessing a Kafka instance over a private network within a VPC (in plaintext)
   Inbound	TCP	IPv4	9093	IP address or IP address group of the Kafka client	Accessing a Kafka instance over a private network within a VPC (in ciphertext)

Enabling IPv6 Public Network Access

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 and choose Middleware > Distributed Message Service for Kafka to open the console of DMS for Kafka.
4. Click a Kafka instance to go to the Basic Information page.
5. In the Connection area, obtain IPv6 Instance Address (Private Network). In the Network area, view and record the VPC and subnet.
   Figure 3 Instance details page
   

6. Click in the upper left corner of the management console and choose Network > Elastic IP. The EIPs page is displayed.
7. Choose Shared Bandwidths in the navigation pane.
8. Apply for a shared bandwidth. For details, see Assigning a Shared Bandwidth.

   If a shared bandwidth already exists, you do not need to apply for one again.

9. In the row containing the shared bandwidth, click Add Public IP Address.
10. Set the parameters as described in Table 5 and click OK.

    Table 5 Adding public IP parameters

    Parameter	Description
    Public IP Address	Select IPv6 Address.
    VPC	Select the VPC in 5 from the drop-down list.
    Subnet	Select the subnet in 5 from the drop-down list. Select all IPv6 addresses in 5.

    Figure 4 Adding public IPs
    

11. After the shared bandwidth is configured, set a Kafka instance security group with the rules described in Table 6.

    Table 6 Kafka instance security group rules (IPv6 access)

    Direction	Protocol	Type	Port	Source	Description
    Inbound	TCP	IPv6	9192	::/0	Accessing a Kafka instance using IPv6 addresses (without SSL encryption)
    Inbound	TCP	IPv6	9193	::/0	Accessing a Kafka instance using IPv6 addresses (with SSL encryption)

    

    • When a client is connected to a Kafka instance over an IPv6 public network, the Kafka connection addresses are the IPv6 addresses in Instance Address (Private Network).
    • To access a Kafka instance over an IPv6 public network, add the client NIC to the shared bandwidth. Shared bandwidths are using a connected network. The shared bandwidth of the client NIC and that of the Kafka instance can be different.

Disabling IPv6 Public Access

Remove the IPv6 addresses of a Kafka instance from the shared bandwidth. For details, see Removing EIPs from a Shared Bandwidth.