Getting started

This guide takes you from your first sign-in to a ready tenant with a namespace, topic, and secure client credential.

What you need

Your SQIP sign-in URL and user account.
A tenant-admin role, or the individual permissions needed for each task.
A name for your tenant and its first data flow.
A safe location for storing the API key shown during setup.

Note

If your organization uses its own single sign-on, use the employee sign-in URL supplied by your administrator. Otherwise, use the standard SQIP sign-in page.

Your first-day path

Sign in

Open the SQIP control plane and authenticate with your assigned account. If you received a temporary password, change it when prompted.

Create or select a tenant

Open Tenant Manager. Create a tenant if you are setting up a new organization, or confirm that your existing tenant appears in the directory.

Attach the shared cluster

Open Pulsar Clusters, select your tenant, and choose Attach shared cluster. Wait until the cluster status is ready.

Create a namespace

Open Namespace, choose the tenant and ready cluster, enter a namespace name and storage quota, then create it.

Create a topic

Open Topics, select the tenant, cluster, and namespace, then enter a topic name and partition count.

Choose how data enters SQIP

Create a Pulsar API key for an application, or install a source connector for an external API, file server, or database.

Verify the flow

Check Dashboard, Monitoring, and Usage Metering to confirm that the resources are healthy and messages are moving.

What success looks like

By the end of setup, you should have:

An active tenant.
A cluster association with ready status.
A managed namespace with an appropriate storage quota.
At least one topic.
Either an API key or an installed connector that can move data.
Access to monitoring and audit information for the resources you manage.

Create your first data flow

Follow a complete example with values for every setup form.

Platform concepts

Understand the resource hierarchy before designing a larger environment.

SQIP shows only the areas your account can use. Ask your tenant administrator for the relevant role or permission when you cannot see a required page.

Task	Typical access
Create and manage all tenant resources	`tenant-admin`
Manage clusters, namespaces, topics, schemas, API keys, and connector operations	`cluster-admin`
View usage and monitoring	`usage-admin`
Perform a specific task only	`user` with an additional permission