Some questions about GCP kafka services.

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we want use kafka service, some questions need your help :

  • GCP kafka is Confluent Cloud kafka or Apache Kafka?
  • Is support cross-region? What configuration is needed to support cross-region?
  • Does it support native Kafka client configuration, or does it require a special client and configuration?
  • What transport protocol does kafka use (TLS/SASL) ?
  • what’s pricing?
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Hi @YingpingWu ,

Welcome to Google Cloud Community!

  • GCP kafka is Confluent Cloud kafka or Apache Kafka?

It is usually associated with Apache Kafka, unless you are using a managed service specifically offered by Confluent.

  • Is support cross-region? What configuration is needed to support cross-region?

Yes. See the locations for Managed Service for Apache Kafka and flexible networking for reference.

  • Does it support native Kafka client configuration, or does it require a special client and configuration?

It uses native client libraries. See Supported versions.

  • What transport protocol does kafka use (TLS/SASL) ?

Applications are required to communicate with Managed Service for Apache Kafka over TLS. It also supports two authentication protocols: SASL/OAUTHBEARER and SASL/PLAIN. See Authenticate to open source Apache Kafka API for reference.

  • what’s pricing?

Please refer to this pricing page for Apache Kafka

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