Get Started
This section describes how you can get started learning about, installing, and using the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric.
Platform
This section contains conceptual information that can help you to understand and use the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric.
Administration
This section describes how to administer fabric resources in the global namespace of your HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric as-a-service platform.
- IPv6 Support in Data Fabric
  Describes the IPv6 support feature for Data Fabric.
- Administering Fabrics
  This section describes fabric operations that you can perform using the Data Fabric UI.
- Administering Users and Roles
  This section describes the operations you can perform related to users, groups, and roles for the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric.
- Administering Buckets
  Describes the operations you can perform related to buckets for the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric.
- Administering Tables
  Describes the operations you can perform related to tables for HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric.
- Administering Topics
  Administer topics for Apache Kafka Wire Protocol with HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric.
  - Creating a Topic
    Create a topic for Apache Kafka Wire Protocol.
  - Editing a Topic
    Edit a topic for Apache Kafka Wire Protocol.
  - Deleting a Topic
    Delete a topic for Apache Kafka Wire Protocol.
  - Viewing or Downloading Topic Connection Properties
    View and download connection properties related a topic for Apache Kafka Wire Protocol.
- Administering Volumes
  Administer volumes on HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric.
- Administering Nodes
  This section describes node-administration and maintenance operations that you can perform using the Data Fabric UI.
- Auditing Fabric and Fabric Data
  Auditing in Data Fabric
- Administering Security Policies
  Add, edit, delete, and manage state of security policies.
- Administering Bucket Policies
  Describes how to manage the bucket policy associated with a bucket.
- Working with an External NFS Server
  Associate an external NFS server with Data Fabric to share data across clusters in the global namespace.
- Working with External S3 Object Store
- Integrating the AWS Security Token Service (STS) with Data Fabric
  Describes how the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric can access AWS services by using the Security Token Service (STS) rather than a secret key and access key.
- Administering Alarms
  Manage alarms via the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric UI.
- Monitoring
  Describes monitoring with OpenTelemetry for HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric.
- Getting Started with Iceberg
  Summarizes what you need to know to begin using Iceberg with HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric release 7.6.x.
- Configuring Data Fabric to Track User Behavior
  Describes how to configure Data Fabric to be able to track user behavior.
Reference
Provides reference information for the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric.
Glossary
Definitions for commonly used terms in MapR Converged Data Platform environments.

Administering Topics

Administer topics for Apache Kafka Wire Protocol with HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric.

Data Fabric supports creation of topics for Apache Kafka Wire Protocol via the Data Fabric UI.

A topic is given a unique name that is used to categorize and organize messages based on common properties.

One or more producers publish messages to topics. Individual consumers subscribe to the topics of their choice to consume the messages that are published to such topics.

For example, a producer could be publishing weather-related data such as daily rainfall to a topic called dailyrain. A consumer could be subscribing to the topic containing the daily rainfall.