Building Kafka with Confluent Training in San Francisco

Building Kafka with Confluent Training in San Francisco, USA

This course provides an in-depth, practical guide to building scalable, real-time streaming applications using Apache Kafka and the Confluent Platform.

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Building Kafka with Confluent Training is a professional training program delivered by ProgNXT in San Francisco, USA. ProgNXT, a globally recognized corporate training provider in 55+ countries, offers this Building Kafka with Confluent Training course with hands-on, instructor-led sessions. This course provides an in-depth, practical guide to building scalable, real-time streaming applications using Apache Kafka and the Confluent...

Course Code: OZC88
21 Hrs
Last Updated: April 2026

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This course provides an in-depth, practical guide to building scalable, real-time streaming applications using Apache Kafka and the Confluent Platform. Participants will learn how to set up Kafka clusters, develop producers and consumers, integrate Kafka Connect, leverage Confluent Schema Registry, manage Kafka with Confluent Control Center, and build robust data pipelines with Confluent’s ecosystem.

Welcome to the official Building Kafka with Confluent Training certification program in San Francisco, 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 21 Hrs program, participants will receive a globally accepted certification, demonstrating their proficiency and readiness to tackle complex challenges in the field.

Basic programming knowledge (preferably Java or Python)
Familiarity with distributed systems and messaging concepts
Some experience with Linux command line

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

Deploy and manage a Kafka cluster with Confluent Platform
Develop Kafka producers and consumers using the Confluent API
Implement schema-based messaging using Confluent Schema Registry
Build connectors using Kafka Connect
Monitor and secure Kafka with Confluent Control Center
Design scalable Kafka architectures for streaming applications

Kafka cluster setup and configuration
Real-time stream development with Kafka APIs
Data serialization with Avro and Schema Registry
Kafka Connect pipeline configuration
Monitoring, alerting, and troubleshooting with Confluent Control Center
Designing fault-tolerant streaming data pipelines

Kafka core concepts (topics, partitions, consumer groups)
Kafka producer/consumer application development
Schema Registry integration and evolution
Kafka Connect source/sink connector setup
Monitoring via Control Center
Kafka security configuration

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

Kafka Foundations & Confluent Ecosystem

Kafka Architecture Overview
- Topics, partitions, brokers
- Producers, consumers, offsets
- ZooKeeper and Kafka metadata
Introduction to Confluent Platform
- Confluent components (Kafka, Connect, ksqlDB, Schema Registry, Control Center)
- Differences between Apache Kafka and Confluent Kafka
Cluster Setup and Configuration
- Installing Kafka and Confluent Platform (local & cloud)
- Configuration files and tuning parameters
- Broker and topic management (retention, compaction)

Development with Kafka & Schema Registry

Kafka Producers and Consumers (Java/Python)
- Producer acknowledgments and retries
- Consumer groups, partitions, and offset strategies
Serialization and Schema Registry
- Avro and JSON Schema formats
- Registering and evolving schemas
- Using Schema Registry in producers/consumers
Kafka Connect
- Source and Sink connectors
- Installing, configuring, and scaling connectors
- Integration with JDBC, Elasticsearch, S3, etc.

Monitoring, Security, and Best Practices

Confluent Control Center
- Monitoring topics, throughput, latency
- Alerting, auditing, and managing consumer lag
Kafka Security and Access Control
- TLS/SSL encryption
- SASL authentication and ACLs
- Role-based access in Confluent
Stream Processing and ksqlDB Introduction
- Use cases and query types
- Example transformations and aggregations
Performance Tuning and Best Practices
- Partitioning strategies
- Producer/consumer tuning
- High availability and replication
Hands-on Exercises
Summary and Conclusion

Slide deck
Kafka setup guide and configuration templates
Sample producer/consumer code (Java/Python)
Schema Registry Examples
Lab Exercises and Solutions

Lab and Hands-on
Quiz on Concepts and Best Practices
Participation and Feedback

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

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