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Message Queue for Kafka

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Ready to use

Message queue for Kafka is fully compatible with open-source Apache Kafka. You do not need to modify business code. By using the access address provided by the instance, you can access the message queue for Kafka quickly.

High availability

Under massive message accumulation, message queue for Kafka still maintain high throughput for message sending and receiving. Message queue for Kafka supports re-consuming consumed messages or clearing accumulated messages. It eliminates worries of data operation and maintenance and helps users recover from failures.

High data reliability

Message queue for Kafka supports message persistent storage and provides multi-replica storage mechanism. By default, it supports 3 replicas storage to ensure high data reliability.

Worry-free operation and maintenance

Integrating with VolcanoEngine monitoring service, Message queue for Kafka offers automatic deployment and a comprehensive operation and maintenance system with after-sales service. It monitors instance running status, resource levels, and message sending and receiving latency around the clock. You can also customize alarm service configuration that enables alarms through various scenarios and channels. With these features, the business party can focus on their development instead of over-concerning service deployment and operation.

Data security

The message queue for Kafka grants you ACL permission management that is fully compatible with the built-in permission policy of open-source Kafka. Through user management function in the console, you can create and manage PLAIN and SCRAM users to implement topic-level data subscription and consumption permission control. This enhances configuration flexibility while ensuring data and business security.

The message queue for Kafka provides you account management and authentication mechanisms in console. Through these functions, you can access VolcanoEngine IAM service that supports IAM main account and sub-account management. You can also set different Kafka instance access policies for different IAM roles for refined permission management for multiple scenarios.

In regard to message communication, Kafka authenticates and authorizes data plane by using user permission management. Through VPC, it strengthens internet access control and provides enterprise-level security protection.

Last updated: 2025.08.08 16:58:35