Connecting to Kafka on the Console

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. 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.
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.