To enable an ApsaraMQ for Kafka instance to access resources in other Alibaba Cloud services, you must first grant the instance the permissions to access resources in your Alibaba Cloud services.
Prerequisites
An Alibaba Cloud account is created. For more information, see Create an Alibaba Cloud account.
Background information
To facilitate quick activation of the service, ApsaraMQ for Kafka creates a default Resource Access Management (RAM) user 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, see Authorize RAM users and RAM roles.
Procedure
Log on to the Alibaba Cloud international site (alibabacloud.com).
On the RAM Quick Authorization page, click Authorize.
Verify the result
After you agree to the authorization, you are reconnected to the ApsaraMQ for Kafka console.
What to do next
An ApsaraMQ for Kafka instance is purchased and deployed based on the network type.