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Users can create the service by entering the required Data Flow information and selecting detailed options through the Samsung Cloud Platform Console.

Create Data Flow

You can create and use the Data Flow service in the Samsung Cloud Platform Console.

To create a Data Flow, follow these steps.

1. Click the All Services > Data Analytics > Data Flow menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Data Flow.

2. On the Service Home page, click the Create Data Flow button. You will be taken to the Create Data Flow page.

3. On the Data Flow creation page, enter the information required to create the service and select detailed options.

   • Version selection area, select the required information.

     Category	Required or optional	Detailed description
     Data Flow version	Required	Select version of the selected image Provide a list of versions for the provided server image

     Table. Data Flow version selection item
   • Enter or select the required information in the Cluster Selection area. To install Data Flow, you must first create nodes for the Kubernetes cluster and the working environment.

     Category	Required status	Detailed description
     Cluster name	Required	Select the cluster to use
     Ingress Controller	Required	Select the Ingress Controller installed in the cluster In the Details tab of the installed Ingress Controller, add the following information to the ConfigMap entry. Key: allow-snippet-annotations Value: true

     Table. Data Flow cluster selection options
   • Enter or select the required information in the Service Information Input area.

     Category	Required	Detailed description
     Data Flow name	Required	Enter Data Flow name starting with a lowercase English letter and not ending with a special character (-), using lowercase English letters, numbers, and special characters (-) to input 3 ~ 30 characters
     Storage Class	Required	Select the storage class used by the selected cluster
     description	Select	Enter additional information or description about Data Flow within 150 characters.
     Domain Settings	Required	Enter Data Flow domain Start with a lowercase English letter and ensure it does not end with special characters (-), using lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters (-) to enter 3 ~ 50 characters {Data Flow name}.{configured domain} becomes the Data Flow access URL.
     Node Selector	Required	To install on a specific node, enter a distinguishable label among the node’s labels If you enter an incorrect node label, installation errors may occur, so verify the node label in advance Node labels can be found in the node’s yaml file
     account	Required	Enter Data Flow Manager account ID: Enter a value between 6 and 30 characters, starting with a lowercase English letter and using lowercase letters and numbers Password: Enter 8 to 50 characters, including uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters (! @ # $ % ^ & *) Confirm Password: Re-enter the password exactly the same
     Host Alias	Selection	Add host information to be linked with Data Flow (up to 20 total, including defaults) Select Use, then click the + button Hostname: Enter a hostname or domain format using lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters (-) with a length of 3 to 63 characters IP: Enter in IP format Click the X button to delete The added host information can be used only if the firewall between the cluster and the server is open

     Table. Data Flow service information entry items
   • In the Additional Information Input area, enter or select the required information.

     Category	Required status	Detailed description
     tag	Selection	Add Tag Add Tag Click the button to create and add a tag, or add an existing tag. You can add up to 50 tags. The newly added tags will be applied after the service creation is completed.

     Table. Data Flow additional information input fields

4. Summary Check the detailed information and estimated billing amount generated in the panel, and click the Complete button.

   • When creation is complete, check the created resource on the Data Flow List page.

Check detailed information of Data Flow

You can view and edit the full list of resources and detailed information of a Data Flow. The Data Flow Details page consists of Details, Tags, Activity Log tabs.

To view detailed information of the Data Flow, follow these steps.

1. Click the All Services > Data Analytics > Data Flow menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Data Flow.
2. On the Service Home page, click the Data Flow menu. You will be taken to the Data Flow List page.
3. On the Data Flow List page, click the resource to view detailed information. You will be taken to the Data Flow Detail page.
   • Data Flow Details At the top of the page, status information and additional feature information are displayed.

     Category	Detailed description
     Status indicator	Data Flow status Creating: Creating Running: Running, Data Flow Services can be created Updating: Updating settings Terminating: Terminating Error: error occurred during creation or service abnormal state
     Hosts file configuration information	Button to view and copy the host file information for accessing Data Flow
     Service termination	Cancel Service button

     Table. Data Flow status information and additional functions

Detailed Information

On the Data Flow list page, you can view detailed information of the selected resource and edit the information if needed.

tag

Data Flow List page lets you view the tag information of the selected resource, and you can add, modify, or delete it.

Job History

You can view the operation history of the selected resource on the Data Flow List page.

Terminate Data Flow

You can cancel unused Data Flow to reduce operating costs. However, if you cancel a service, the running service may be terminated immediately, so you should thoroughly consider the impact of service interruption before proceeding with the cancellation.

To cancel the Data Flow, follow the steps below.

1. Click the All Services > Data Analytics > Data Flow menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Data Flow.
2. On the Service Home page, click the Data Flow menu. You will be taken to the Data Flow List page.
3. On the Data Flow List page, select the resource to cancel, and click the Cancel Service button.
4. When termination is complete, check on the Data Flow List page whether the resource has been terminated.