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# QuickStart - Kafka Client

<Note title="Note">
  * This quick start assumes that you already have a StreamNative Cloud account with a valid form of payment.
  * If you cannot enable the Kafka protocol on an existing cluster, [submit a ticket](https://support.streamnative.io/hc/en-us/requests/new) with this request to the support team.
</Note>

This QuickStart guides you through how to do the following:

* Set up a StreamNative cluster in a new organization and a new instance and enable the Kafka protocol on the Pulsar cluster.
* Configure a Kafka client to produce and consume messages.

For a general quick start on creating a cluster and using a Pulsar Java client to produce and consume messages to the Pulsar cluster, see [QuickStart - StreamNative Cloud](/cloud/get-started/quickstart-console).

## Step 1: Log in to StreamNative Cloud Console

To log in to the Streamnative Cloud Console, navigate to the [StreamNative Cloud Console login page](https://console.streamnative.cloud/?defaultMethod=signup), enter the email address and password, and then click **Log in** to log in to the StreamNative Cloud Console.

## Step 2: Create an organization

1. In the upper-right corner of the StreamNative Cloud Console, click your Profile and select **Organizations**.
2. On the **Organization** page, click **Create organization**.
3. Enter a name for the organization and then click **Create**.

You might have to wait briefly for the organization to be created. After your new organization is created, proceed to creating an instance.

## Step 3: Create an instance and a cluster

1. On the left navigation pane, click **Dashboard**.

2. On the **Instances** card, click **New**.

3. Click **Deploy Dedicated** to start the instance creation process.

4. On the **Instance Configuration** page, enter a name for your instance, select an infrastructure pool and the Availability Zone (AZ), and then click **Cluster Location**.

5. On the **Cluster Location** page, enter a name for your cluster, select the cluster location, and then click **Cluster Size**.

6. On the **Cluster Size** page, configure the cluster, and then click **Payment**.

   * On the **Basic** tab, select custom sizing options.

   * On the **Advanced** tab, in the **Features area**, enable the **Kafka Protocol** option.

7. If needed, on the **Payment** page, in the **Create Payment Method** box, enter a valid credit card number, and then click **Create Payment Method**.

8. Click **Finish**.

The cluster page displays, showing the cluster creation process. The cluster is ready for use after all components have been successfully deployed.

## Step 4: Create a service account

1. On the left navigation pane, click **Service Accounts**.

2. Click **Create Service Account**.

3. Enter a name for the service account, and then click **Confirm**.

After creating a service account, you need to grant the service account produce and consume permissions to a namespace on your Pulsar cluster.

## Step 5: Grant service account permissions

1. On the left navigation pane, in the **Admin** section, click **Tenants/Namespaces**.

2. Select the **Public** tenant, then select the **Default** namespace under the tenant.

3. Select the **POLICY** tab.

4. In the **Authorization** area, click **ADD ROLE** and select the service account you just created in the previous section.

5. In the **Authorization** area, on the drop-down menu below the service name you just added, select the **consume** and **produce** roles. The roles are added to your service account.

Now, you can use the service account to connect to your cluster with the Kafka CLI tool or Kafka client.

## Step 6: Connect to the cluster

For more information about how to connect to a Pulsar cluster using Kafka clients, see [use Kafka clients to connect to your Pulsar cluster](/cloud/build/kafka-clients/kafka-on-cloud#kafka-clients).