Quickstart: Create a dedicated Azure Stream Analytics cluster using Azure portal

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A Stream Analytics cluster is a single-tenant deployment that can be used for complex and demanding streaming use cases. You can run multiple Stream Analytics jobs on a Stream Analytics cluster. This article shows you how to use the Azure portal to create an Azure Stream Analytics cluster.

Prerequisites

Create a Stream Analytics cluster

In this section, you create a Stream Analytics cluster resource.

  1. Sign in to the Azure portal.

  2. Select Create a resource. In the Search the Marketplace search box, type and select Stream Analytics cluster. Then select Add.

    Stream Analytics cluster search result.

  3. On the Create Stream Analytics cluster page, enter the basic settings for your new cluster.

    Setting Value Description
    Subscription Subscription name Select the Azure subscription that you want to use for this Stream Analytics cluster.
    Resource Group Resource group name Select a resource group, or select Create new, then enter a unique name for the new resource group.
    Cluster Name A unique name Enter a name to identify your Stream Analytics cluster.
    Location The region closest to your data sources and sinks Select a geographic location to host your Stream Analytics cluster. Use the location that is closest to your data sources and sinks for low latency analytics.
    Streaming Unit Capacity 12 through 132 Determine the size of the cluster by estimating how many Stream Analytics job you plan to run and the total SUs the job will require. You can start with 12 SUs and later scale up or down as required.

    Screenshot showing the Create Stream Analytics cluster page.

  4. Select Review + create. You can skip the Tags sections.

  5. Review the cluster settings, and then select Create. Cluster creation is a long running operation and can take approximately 60 minutes to complete. Wait for the portal page to display Your deployment is complete. In the meantime, you can create and develop Stream Analytics jobs that you want to run on this cluster if you haven't already.

  6. Select Go to resource to go to the Stream Analytics cluster page.

Delete your cluster

You can delete your Stream Analytics cluster if you don't plan to run any Stream Analytics jobs on it. Delete your cluster by following steps on the Azure portal:

  1. Go to Stream Analytics jobs under Settings and stop all jobs that are running.

  2. Go to Overview of your cluster. Select Delete and follow the instructions to delete your cluster.

Next steps

In this quickstart, you learned how to create an Azure Stream Analytics cluster. Advance to the next article to learn how to run a Stream Analytics job on your cluster:

Manage Stream Analytics jobs in a Stream Analytics cluster