Guide Overview

In this crucial step, we define the types of data a topic will contain. This is critical for both producers and consumers, as it establishes the API they interact with and determines how smoothly the API can evolve when changes are needed in the future.

We will create a Topic in the Self-Service portal. Events will be produced to and consumed from this Topic. We will provide adequate names and descriptions such that everybody who stumbles upon them has a general idea of what purpose the topology serves.

You will create producer and consumer application definitions in the Self-Service portal. This includes authorization configuration, which will enable the Applications to access the recently created topics. You will also formally request access to the Topic.

You will configure and run an example producer provided by Axual, using Java. Python, .Net, and Rest clients examples are available but not covered as part of this guide.

This step is completed after successfully producing events to a Topic.

You’ll configure and run the counterpart of the previous application: an example Java consumer.

After successful consumption, you will have completed the guide. Additional examples and documentation will be provided for you to try more advanced use-cases.

Proceed to Step 1: Selecting Data Formats