Setting up Amazon MSK
Before you use Amazon MSK for the first time, complete the following tasks.
Sign up for an Amazon Web Services account
If you do not have an Amazon Web Services account, use the following procedure to create one.
To sign up for Amazon Web Services
Open http://www.amazonaws.cn/
and choose Sign Up. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Amazon sends you a confirmation email after the sign-up process is
complete. At any time, you can view your current account activity and manage your account by
going to http://www.amazonaws.cn/
Secure IAM users
After you sign up for an Amazon Web Services account, safeguard your administrative user by turning on multi-factor authentication (MFA). For instructions, see Enable a virtual MFA device for an IAM user (console) in the IAM User Guide.
To give other users access to your Amazon Web Services account resources, create IAM users. To secure your IAM users, turn on MFA and only give the IAM users the permissions needed to perform their tasks.
For more information about creating and securing IAM users, see the following topics in the IAM User Guide:
Download libraries and tools
The following libraries and tools can help you work with Amazon MSK:
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The Amazon Command Line Interface (Amazon CLI) supports Amazon MSK. The Amazon CLI enables you to control multiple Amazon Web Services from the command line and automate them through scripts. Upgrade your Amazon CLI to the latest version to ensure that it has support for the Amazon MSK features that are documented in this user guide. For detailed instructions on how to upgrade the Amazon CLI, see Installing the Amazon Command Line Interface. After you install the Amazon CLI, you must configure it. For information on how to configure the Amazon CLI, see aws configure.
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The Amazon Managed Streaming for Kafka API Reference documents the API operations that Amazon MSK supports.
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The Amazon Web Services SDKs for Go, Java
, JavaScript , .NET , Node.js , PHP , Python , and Ruby include Amazon MSK support and samples.