Create Confluent Cloud Network on Google Cloud

Each Confluent Cloud network is a virtual network that is provisioned in your Confluent Cloud Google Cloud account.

You can create multiple Dedicated Kafka clusters within each Confluent Cloud network.

For details on default service quotas, see Network service quotas.

Requirements and considerations

Review the following requirements and considerations when you set up a Confluent Cloud network.

Region and Availability Zones

Dedicated clusters you create in your Confluent Cloud network inherit the selected Region and Availability Zones.

Confluent Cloud network CIDR blocks for VCP peering

When you set up a Confluent Cloud network for peering, the CIDR blocks you specify must meet the follow requirements.

Create a Confluent Cloud network on Google Cloud

Follow the procedure below to create a Confluent Cloud network on Google Cloud.

  1. In the Confluent Cloud Console, select an environment for the Confluent Cloud network.

  2. In the Network management tab in the environment, click For dedicated clusters.

  3. Click Add network configuration.

  4. Select Google Cloud as the Cloud Provider as the cloud service provider and select the geographic region in Region. Click Continue.

  5. Select the connectivity type: VPC Peering or Private Service Connect.

    Depending on the option selected, different Zone Placement options and CIDR for Confluent Cloud Network fields will appear.

    • VPC Peering: Cluster is accessible using the VPC peering endpoint.
    • Private Service Connect: Cluster is accessible using Private Service Connect.
  6. Complete the steps for the connectivity type you selected.

    Important

    After provisioning your new Confluent Cloud network, you cannot change your selected Availability Zone (AZ) IDs or CIDR block size.

    1. Under Zone Placement, select three availability zones for your network.
    2. Click Continue.
  7. In Network name, specify the name of the connection.

    The name you choose is used to identify your network in the Confluent Cloud Console and when using the Confluent CLI. Choose a meaningful name, but consider including the connection type in the name (for example, My-GCP-CCN-1).


Typically, it takes up to 15-20 minutes to create a Confluent Cloud network. Note the Confluent Cloud network ID from the response to specify it in the following commands.

Next steps

After successfully provisioning the Confluent Cloud network on Google Cloud, you can add Dedicated Kafka clusters within your Confluent Cloud network by using the following options: