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Manage service users in Aiven for Apache Kafka®

Create and manage service users in Aiven for Apache Kafka to enable secure access and interaction with your service.

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Users with Admin permission can create topics with any name because the CreateTopics permission applies at the cluster level.

Other permissions, such as Alter and Delete, apply only to topics that match the specified pattern.

Add a user​

To add service users using the Aiven Console, see Create a service user.

After creating a user, download their access key and certificate from the Users page.

Manage users​

  1. Open your Aiven for Apache Kafka service in the Aiven Console.
  2. Click Users in the sidebar to view the list of users.
  3. To view the password, click Show password in the password field for the respective user.
  4. Click Actions in the respective user row and choose the desired operation:
    • Click Reset credentials to reset the credentials.
    • Click Delete user to delete the user.