Collect Confluent Cloud cluster onboarding information

Axual Governance can be used to manage the content of Confluent Cloud Kafka cluster. The onboarding process requires the following information which can be retrieved using the Confluent Cloud Console.

  • Cloud API Key

  • Cloud API Secret

Generate Confluent Cloud API Key

  1. Log in to the Confluent Cloud console at https://confluent.cloud

  2. Open the right side menu and navigate to Accounts & Access

    Accounts & Access

  3. Click Service accounts to show all service accounts

    Service Accounts

  4. Use an existing service account (of which you have stored the key) or click the + Add service account button (continued below)

  5. Enter a name and description for the service account and click Next

    Name new service account

  6. Skip the Role assignment part, click Next

    skip role assignment

  7. Review the information

    service account review

  8. Click "Create service account" to create the service account

  9. Click the "Access" tab and click + Add role assignment

    service account role
    service account role

  10. Select "OrganizationAdmin" and click "Save"

    service account role

Next step is to create a Cloud API key which is used by Axual Governance

  1. In the right side menu navigate to "Cloud API keys"

  2. Click + Add key

    cloud api keys

  3. Select Granular access and click Next

    Api Keys Granular Access

  4. Select the existing service account you just created and click Next

    Use service account

  5. Download or store the key and secret in a safe way.

    API Key

  6. Use the Cloud API key and secret in the fields below.

Continue the Cluster onboarding process

The next steps in the Confluent Cloud cluster onboarding process are documented next. If you haven’t started onboarding yet, follow the walkthrough Registering and onboarding a cluster

  1. Go back to the Axual Governance platform and enter the Confluent data in the form on step 3

    • Click "Verify" to check if the provided data is correct

      Onboarding Confluent Cloud

  2. Click continue for the next screen

  3. Choose your Kafka and Schema Registry

    Kafka and Schema Registry

  4. Choose the purpose of your Kafka® cluster and name the cluster.

    Purpose of Cluster

  5. Click continue to retrieve your existing topics. Your topics and applications will be imported automatically.

    Existing Topics

  6. Click "Onboard" to automatically import your topics and applications. The cluster is now onboarded. Click "Finish" to begin creating and managing your topics and applications.

    Existing Topics