Quickstart: Create a Confluent resource in the Azure portal

In this quickstart, you use the Azure portal to create a resource in Apache Kafka & Apache Flink on Confluent Cloud, an Azure Native Integrations service.

Prerequisites

• An Azure account with an active subscription is required. If you don't have one, create an account for free.
• The Owner or Contributor role for your Azure subscription. Only users who are assigned one of these roles can set up integration between Azure and Confluent. Before you begin, verify that you have the appropriate access.

• You must subscribe to Confluent Cloud.

Create a Confluent resource

Begin by signing in to the Azure portal.

1. In the Azure portal, in the search box, enter the name of the service.

2. In the Services search results, select the service.

3. Select the Create option.

Basics

The Basics tab has three sections:

• Project details
• Azure resource details
• Confluent organization details

Each section has required settings to configure (identified with red asterisks).

1. Under Project details, enter or select values for these settings:

   Name	Action
   Subscription	Select an existing subscription.
   Resource group	Select an existing resource group, or create a new one.

2. Under Azure resource details, enter or select values for these settings:

   Name	Action
   Resource name	Enter a unique name for the resource.
   Region	Select an Azure region for the resource deployment.

3. Under Confluent organization details, enter or select values for these settings:

   Name	Action
   Organization	Select an existing organization, or create a new one.

   Note

   If you select an existing organization, the resource is billed to that organization's billing plan.

   To change your billing plan, select Change plan.

   If you create a new organization, the remaining fields refresh to reflect the details of the plan you select for the new organization.

4. Select Next.

Tags (optional)

Optionally, you can create tags for your resource. Then select Review + create.

Review + create

If the review finds no errors, the Create button becomes active. Select Create.

If the review identifies errors, a red dot appears next to each section where errors exist. To fix errors:

1. Open each section that has errors and fix the errors.

   Fields with errors are highlighted in red.

2. Select Review + create again.

3. Select Create.

The message "Deployment is in progress" appears. When the deployment is complete, the message "Your deployment is complete" appears on the upper-right corner of the Azure portal.

After the resource is created, select Go to resource to view your resource.

Related content

• Manage your Confluent Cloud resource