Confluent event configuration tutorial
This article steps you through configuring the Confluent Cloud platform for streaming event delivery. The configuration process involves three things in Confluent Cloud:
- Confluent Cloud cluster — Confluent lets you create a managed cluster, where you create the topics through which you can receive data events.
- Confluent Cloud topic — A resource inside a cluster to which events are delivered.
- API key — A code used to identify and authenticate an application or user.
For this tutorial, you need:
Configure a cluster
- Log in to your Confluent Cloud account.
- In the sidebar, click the Environments tab.
![Screen capture of the Environments tab.](https://files.readme.io/14cf395-image001.png)
- Click the Add Cluster button.
![](https://files.readme.io/fde640e-image003.png)
- Select a cluster type (choose Basic, Standard, or Dedicated).
![Screen capture of the Create cluster screen.](https://files.readme.io/3ada813-image005.png)
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Select a cloud provider, region, and zones.
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Click Continue.
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If you choose the Dedicated cluster type, you must select the networking type Internet.
![Screen capture of the Internet type selection.](https://files.readme.io/1b2d2d8-image009.png)
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Click Continue.
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For encryption-key management, choose either Automatic or Self managed.
![Screen capture of the Automatic selection.](https://files.readme.io/5cc1224-image011.png)
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Click Continue.
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Finish the configuration and then click Launch cluster.
![Screen capture of the Launch cluster button.](https://files.readme.io/37e76c9-image013.png)
Add a topic
Create a topic in the cluster for events that will be produced and delivered by Pismo.
- In the sidebar, click Topics.
![Screen capture of the sidebar with Topics selected.](https://files.readme.io/f5af655-image015.png)
- Create a topic and enter a topic name.
![Screen capture of the New topic area.](https://files.readme.io/fbecbd6-new_topic.png)
- Click Create with defaults.
Create API key
- In the sidebar, click API Keys.
![Screen capture of the sidebar with API Keys selected.](https://files.readme.io/c9002d2-image017.png)
- Click the Add Key button.
![Screen capture of the Add key button.](https://files.readme.io/010cb14-key.png)
- Click Granular Access and then click Next.
![Screen capture of the Create key screen.](https://files.readme.io/59498f3-image019.png)
- Click the Topic tab.
![Screen capture of the Topic tab.](https://files.readme.io/5bea0b0-image022.jpg)
- Do the following:
- In the Topic name field, enter the name of the topic you created.
- In the Pattern type field, select LITERAL.
- In the Operation field, select WRITE.
- In the Permission field, select ALLOW.
- Click Next.
- Download and take note of the API Key and Secret.
- Contact your Pismo representative to provide:
- Topic name
- API key (for example, E2ERBNBA7OUI6FMA)
- API secret (for example, I5RV95UHc1kpkV4BMjWWsoJ+WtBoUDLvhseqKuvw8/cvge2uEoVy4lJkNcqt4I6w)
- Bootstrap server (for example, pkc-56d1g.eastus.azure.confluent.cloud:9092)
Pismo uses this info to set up event delivery to the cluster you have created.
Updated 4 months ago