To enable an ApsaraMQ for Kafka instance to access resources in other Alibaba Cloud services, you must first grant the ApsaraMQ for Kafka instance the permissions to access resources in your Alibaba Cloud services.
Prerequisites
An Alibaba Cloud account is created and real-name verification is complete. For more information, see Create your Alibaba Cloud account.
Background information
To facilitate quick activation of the service, ApsaraMQ for Kafka creates a default Resource Access Management (RAM) role for your account to access Alibaba Cloud resources.
RAM is the access management system of Alibaba Cloud. You can manage access to your resources by creating RAM users and roles and configuring corresponding permissions for them. For more information about RAM, see Grant permissions to RAM users.
Procedure
Log on to the Alibaba Cloud official website.
On the Cloud Resource Access Authorization page, click Confirm Authorization Policy.
Result
Then, you are redirected to the ApsaraMQ for Kafka console.
What to do next
Purchase an ApsaraMQ for Kafka instance and deploy it based on its network type.