 Want to reduce the operational cost and complexity of delivering real-time applications across hybrid cloud environments? What if you could connect applications and stream data using Apache Kafka and sharpen your Kafka skills all without the hassle of installing and managing it? Red Hat OpenShift Streams for Apache Kafka is a fully managed service that's designed to simplify and expedite application development by providing dedicated, highly available Kafka instances that are hosted and managed by Red Hat, and the process for creating an instance is very straightforward. Once created, you can build highly available production-grade Kafka applications in a matter of minutes. In this video, we'll explore how to get started with Red Hat's hosted and managed Kafka solution and show you how to connect custom Java workloads to a managed Kafka instance. To begin, open a Google Chrome or Firefox web browser and navigate to red.ht forward slash try Kafka. Here you'll find the Red Hat OpenShift Streams for Apache Kafka product page. To create an instance, simply click the button to try our Kafka service at no cost, and you'll be directed to console.redhat.com where you can log in to your Red Hat account. If you don't already have a Red Hat account, registering for one is quick and simple. Making a Red Hat account provides access not only to Red Hat's OpenShift Streams for Apache Kafka service, but also to Ansible Automation Platform, OpenShift Container Platform, OpenShift Dedicated, and other managed services, including API management and service registry. To register, choose the account type, create your user ID and password, enter your personal information, and click Create My Account. After logging in, you're ready to create a Kafka instance. Enter the instance name, select your preferred cloud region, and select Create Instance. To save time, while the instance creation is in progress, let's go ahead and create a service account. A service account is used to connect and authenticate an application with managed Kafka instances created using the Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console. Click the button to create a service account. Enter a short description, then click Create. Next, you'll be presented with the credentials for your service account. Be sure to copy your client ID and the client secret, and store them as variables in a terminal session before closing the confirmation screen. While you can access the client ID in the future, it's important to note that the client secret will not be displayed again, so be sure to store it in a safe place.