Adding Kafka to a Cluster

• Console
• CLI
• API

• 1. Open the navigation menu and click Analytics & AI. Under Data Lake, click Big Data Service.
  2. Under Compartment, select the compartment that contains the cluster.
  3. In the list of clusters, click the name of the cluster.
  4. On the Cluster details page, click More actions, and then select Add Kafka.
  5. In the Add Kafka panel, enter the following details:
     • Kafka broker node shape: Select the shape for the Kafka broker node.
     • Kafka broker node block storage: Enter the block storage size, in gigabytes (GB), for each Kafka broker node.
     • Number of nodes: Enter the number of Kafka broker nodes for the cluster, with a minimum of 3 for secure nodes and 1 for nonsecure nodes.
  6. Enter the cluster administrator password.
  7. Click Add.

• Use the oci bds kafka add command and required parameters to add Kafka to the cluster.

  oci bds kafka add --bds-instance-id <bds_instance_id> --cluster-admin-password <cluster_admin_password> --number-of-kafka-nodes <number_of_kafka_nodes> --shape <shape> [OPTIONS]

  For a complete list of flags and variable options for CLI commands, see the Command Line Reference for Big Data.

• Use the AddKafka operation to add Kafka to a cluster.