Overview
Enterprise-Ready, Pre-Configured, Live in Seconds
Accelerate your journey to real-time data streaming with our one-click Apache Kafka solution on AWS. Galaxy Cloud delivers a production-ready, fully optimized Kafka cluster directly to your AWS environment, activated in seconds. Eliminate the complexity, cost, and weeks of engineering effort typically required to configure, secure, and tune a high-performance Kafka deployment. Focus on building innovative applications while we handle the heavy lifting of your data infrastructure.
Instant Innovation, Zero Infrastructure Overhead
In todays fast-paced digital landscape, the ability to process and react to data in real-time is not just an advantage its a necessity. Apache Kafka is the industry-standard platform for building real-time data pipelines and streaming applications. However, deploying and managing a Kafka cluster that is secure, scalable, and reliable requires significant expertise and ongoing operational effort.
Our Apache Kafka - Galaxy Cloud Edition shatters this barrier. With a single click in the AWS Marketplace, you deploy a battle-tested Kafka environment, pre-configured with industry best practices for performance, security, and reliability. Go from zero to a fully operational data hub in less than a minute, not a month.
What You Get: A Fully-Managed Experience on Your Own Terms
This is not a shared, multi-tenant service. You get a dedicated, single-tenant Kafka cluster running within your own AWS account, giving you complete control and isolation, paired with the deployment simplicity of a managed offering.
Your pre-configured cluster includes:
- High-Performance Core: An optimized Apache Kafka broker cluster designed for low-latency and high-throughput messaging.
- Built-in Management & Monitoring: An integrated control plane with a user-friendly dashboard for topic management, real-time performance metrics (throughput, latency), and system health checks.
- Enterprise-Grade Security: Encryption in Transit with TLS/SSL, SASL/SCRAM authentication, and AWS VPC isolation to keep your data streams private and secure.
- Automatic Data Durability: Leverages Amazon EBS for persistent, reliable storage of your data streams.
- Scalable Architecture: The underlying infrastructure is designed for easy vertical and horizontal scaling to grow with your data demands.
Key Benefits and Use Cases
Unlock the power of real-time data to:
- Build Real-Time Applications: Create responsive user experiences with live notifications, activity streams, and dynamic content updates.
- Connect Microservices: Implement a decoupled, event-driven architecture for greater agility and resilience.
- Ingest Data at Scale: Collect and process massive volumes of log data, website clicks, IoT sensor readings, and more.
- Enable Real-Time Analytics: Stream operational data directly to your analytics and data warehousing tools for instant insights.
- Replicate Databases: Capture database change events and stream them to other systems for caching, search indexing, or data lake population.
How It Works: Simplicity Meets Power
- Subscribe & Launch: Find our product in the AWS Marketplace, subscribe, and launch your instance with one click.
- Access in Seconds: Your Kafka cluster is initialized automatically. Use the provided connection details and credentials to connect your producers and consumers immediately.
- Start Streaming: Begin publishing and subscribing to data streams within minutes. Focus entirely on your application logic.
- Scale with Confidence: As your needs evolve, the underlying infrastructure provides a solid foundation for scaling your data operations.
Powered by Galaxy Cloud Expert Support
Your subscription includes direct access to the technical experts at Galaxy Cloud.
- 24/7 Proactive Monitoring: Our team monitors the platform's health and is alerted to potential issues.
- Rapid Response Support: Get help when you need it with our dedicated technical support channel.
- Expert Guidance: Tap into our deep knowledge of Kafka and AWS to optimize your streaming architecture.
Technical Specifications
- Software: Latest Stable Apache Kafka
- Cloud Platform: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Security: TLS/SSL, SASL/SCRAM, VPC Isolation
- Support: Integrated 24/7 support from Galaxy Cloud
Stop building infrastructure and start building your future. Deploy Apache Kafka on AWS in seconds with Galaxy Cloud.
Subscribe now in the AWS Marketplace and launch your real-time data stream today!
Highlights
- Enhanced Performance & Scalability Apache Kafka 4.1.1 delivers superior throughput and reduced latency with its optimized consensus mechanism and enhanced replication protocol. Process millions of events per second with improved cluster efficiency and better resource utilization, ensuring consistent performance even during peak loads and sudden traffic spikes.
- Advanced Monitoring & Operational Excellence Gain deep visibility into your data pipelines with Kafka 4.1.1 enhanced metrics and monitoring capabilities. Track end-to-end performance with detailed producer/consumer metrics, partition-level monitoring, and improved diagnostic tools that simplify troubleshooting and optimize cluster health management.
- Enterprise-Grade Reliability & Data Safety Ensure data integrity and system resilience with Kafka 4.1.1 strengthened fault tolerance and enhanced replication features. Benefit from improved controller performance, faster recovery times, and robust exactly-once semantics for critical workloads where data accuracy and consistency are non-negotiable.
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
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t2.2xlarge Recommended | $1.60 |
t3.micro | $0.10 |
m6a.metal | $2.40 |
x2iezn.2xlarge | $1.60 |
m6id.large | $0.10 |
r6i.16xlarge | $2.40 |
i7ie.2xlarge | $1.60 |
r7i.48xlarge | $3.20 |
m5.4xlarge | $1.60 |
m6id.8xlarge | $1.60 |
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
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ver2025
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Initial Setup and Connection
- Launch Instance: Deploy the Apache Kafka solution from AWS Marketplace. The cluster will be fully operational within 2-3 minutes after launch. http://TU_IP_PUBLICA:8080
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COMANDOS DE GESTION - KAFKA 4.1.1
DASHBOARD WEB URL http $PUBLIC_IP 8080 Servicio kafkadashboard
GESTION DE SERVICIOS Ver estado systemctl status kafkadashboard Ver logs journalctl u kafkadashboard f Reiniciar sudo systemctl restart kafkadashboard Detener sudo systemctl stop kafkadashboard Iniciar sudo systemctl start kafkadashboard
COMANDOS KAFKA Listar topics kafkatopicssh list bootstrapserver localhost 9092 Crear topic kafkatopicssh create bootstrapserver localhost 9092 topic test partitions 1 replicationfactor 1 Producer kafkaconsoleproducersh bootstrapserver localhost 9092 topic test Consumer kafkaconsoleconsumersh bootstrapserver localhost 9092 topic test frombeginning
MONITOREO Estado Kafka systemctl status kafka Procesos pgrep a f kafka Puertos ss tuln grep E 909290938080
REINICIO COMPLETO sudo systemctl stop kafkadashboard sudo systemctl stop kafka sudo systemctl start kafka sudo systemctl start kafkadashboard
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