Confluent Cloud Fundamentals Training in Houston

Confluent Cloud Fundamentals Training in Houston, USA

This course introduces participants to Apache Kafka® as a service on Confluent Cloud, focusing on foundational concepts, cloud-native Kafka features.

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Confluent Cloud Fundamentals Training is a professional training program delivered by ProgNXT in Houston, USA. ProgNXT, a globally recognized corporate training provider in 55+ countries, offers this Confluent Cloud Fundamentals Training course with hands-on, instructor-led sessions. This course introduces participants to Apache Kafka® as a service on Confluent Cloud, focusing on foundational concepts, cloud-native Kafka features,...

Course Code: MKY56
14 Hrs
Last Updated: April 2026

Course Rating5/5

This course introduces participants to Apache Kafka® as a service on Confluent Cloud, focusing on foundational concepts, cloud-native Kafka features, and hands-on experience with building real-time data pipelines. Learners will explore essential components like Kafka topics, producers, consumers, ksqlDB, Schema Registry, and Kafka Connect, all within the fully managed environment of Confluent Cloud.

Welcome to the official Confluent Cloud Fundamentals Training certification program in Houston, USA. This comprehensive training is designed to elevate your professional skills and provide you with practical, industry-relevant knowledge locally. As a globally recognized corporate training provider operating in 55+ countries, ProgNXT ensures that our curriculum meets the highest standards of excellence.

Whether you are looking to upskill your team or advance your personal career, our expert-led sessions will guide you through the core concepts of this domain. Upon successful completion of the 14 Hrs program, participants will receive a globally accepted certification, demonstrating their proficiency and readiness to tackle complex challenges in the field.

Basic understanding of cloud computing concepts
Familiarity with command-line tools
Prior exposure to messaging systems or event-driven architecture is helpful but not required

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Understand the core architecture of Apache Kafka on Confluent Cloud
Set up and manage Kafka clusters in Confluent Cloud
Create and manage topics, producers, and consumers
Use Confluent Cloud Schema Registry and Kafka Connect
Analyze and stream data using ksqlDB
Monitor and secure Kafka services on Confluent Cloud

Kafka as a Service deployment and usage
Real-time data pipeline creation
Data streaming using producers, consumers, and ksqlDB
Schema design and validation
Integration using prebuilt Kafka connectors
Kafka security, scaling, and observability in cloud-native environments

Kafka architecture and components
Topic creation and configuration
Producer/consumer development and configuration
ksqlDB stream and table usage
Kafka Connect configuration
Confluent Cloud observability and security setup

Participants who attend all sessions and successfully complete the course assessments will receive a ProgNXT Certificate of Completion.

Kafka and Confluent Cloud Essentials

Introduction to Apache Kafka and Confluent Cloud
- What is Kafka?
- Benefits of Confluent Cloud (vs. self-managed Kafka)
- Overview of Kafka architecture (topics, partitions, brokers, offsets)
Getting Started with Confluent Cloud
- Creating a Confluent Cloud account
- Navigating the UI and environment setup
- Creating and managing clusters
Kafka Topics, Producers, and Consumers
- Creating topics with Confluent Cloud Console and CLI
- Building producers and consumers (Python or Java)
- Message delivery semantics (at least once, exactly once, etc.)

Schema Registry, ksqlDB, Connect & Monitoring

Schema Registry in Confluent Cloud
- Why schema management is important
- Avro and JSON Schema overview
- Using Schema Registry with producers and consumers
Stream Processing with ksqlDB
- Creating streams and tables
- Filtering, transforming, and aggregating real-time data
- Sample use cases: fraud detection, log enrichment
Kafka Connect in the Cloud
- Using prebuilt connectors (e.g., PostgreSQL, BigQuery, S3)
- Configuring source and sink connectors
- Error handling and retries
Security and Observability
- API keys and access control
- TLS and data encryption
- Monitoring cluster metrics via Confluent Cloud UI and APIs
Hands-on Exercises
Summary and Conclusion

Presentation slides and course guide
Lab instructions and solution files
Example code
Quick start guide for CLI tools

Hands-on lab
Multiple-Choice Quiz

ProgNXT Certificate of Completion will be awarded to participants who successfully complete the course and assessments.

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