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### Create Kafka

* Go to Myaccount DBaas and click on "Get Started".

![Create Icon](kafka_images/create_icon.png)

* After this, select Kafka and click on "Select Plan" to continue.

![Select Kafka](kafka_images/select_kafka.png)

* Select Plan and click on "Next" to continue.

![Select Plan](kafka_images/select_plan_new.png)

* Enter details: Name, Database Name, Username, Password, Number of Brokers, VPC (required).

:::info Note
The total number of Brokers should be less than or equal to 50.
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![Details](kafka_images/details.png)

* Once you have filled out all the necessary details, click on "Launch Cluster"

* After Kafka is created, you can see its details on the DBaaS listing page.


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