How to Create Kafka Clusters
Create a Kafka cluster from the DigitalOcean Control Panel.
Kafka How-Tos
Generated on 6 Aug 2026
Kafka is an open-source distributed event and stream-processing platform built to process demanding real-time data feeds. It is inherently scalable, with high throughput and availability.
Getting Started
How to Connect to Kafka Clusters
Connect to Kafka clusters from the command line or other applications.
How to Secure Kafka Managed Clusters
Add additional security to a Kafka managed database cluster by restricting incoming connections and using encrypted connections.
How to Create Kafka Topics
Create a Kafka Topic from the DigitalOcean Control Panel.
Manage Users and Privileges
How to Manage Kafka Users in a Database Cluster
Create and delete a database cluster’s databases and database users from the DigitalOcean Control Panel.
Resize Database Clusters
How to Resize Kafka Clusters
Change the size of your database cluster to accommodate your data needs.
Monitor
How to Monitor Kafka Database Performance
Access and interpret Kafka database and cluster performance metrics.
How to Set Up Kafka Cluster Monitoring Alerts
Configure alert policies based on database cluster performance metrics.
How to Forward Logs from a Kafka Cluster
Forward database logs to OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, or Rsyslog.
Manage Cluster
How to Schedule Automatic Software Updates for Kafka Clusters
Customize the maintenance window for automatic software updates to your database cluster.
How to Tag Kafka Clusters
Organize Kafka databases clusters with tags to group and filter databases or create monitoring alert policies for multiple databases at once.
How to Enable Schema Registry on Kafka Clusters
Enable schema registry to protect your cluster when sending or receiving incorrect, modified, or corrupt data.
How to Reconfigure Kafka Database Clusters
Edit your database engine’s configuration and parameters via the API.
How to Destroy Kafka Clusters
Destroy a database cluster to permanently and irreversibly destroy the cluster, its contents, and its automated backups.