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Data Products, Data Contracts, and Change Data Capture
Change data capture is a popular method to connect database tables to data streams, but it comes with drawbacks. The next evolution of the CDC pattern, first-class data products, provide resilient pipelines that support both real-time and batch processing while isolating upstream systems...
Introducing Confluent Cloud Freight Clusters
Learn how the latest innovations in Kora enable us to introduce new Confluent Cloud Freight clusters, which can save you up to 90% at GBps+ scale. Confluent Cloud Freight clusters are now available in Early Access.
Contributing to Apache Kafka®: How to Write a KIP
Learn how to contribute to open source Apache Kafka by writing Kafka Improvement Proposals (KIPs) that solve problems and add features! Read on for real examples.
Conquering Hybrid Cloud with Replicated Event-Driven Architectures
Potential advantages of hybrid cloud architectures include avoiding vendor lock-in, increasing system resilience, optimizing costs, and inducing price competition among cloud providers. Hybrid cloud architectures require the ability to securely […]
Introducing Confluent Cloud on Microsoft Azure
Today, we are proud to make Confluent Cloud available to companies leveraging the Microsoft Azure ecosystem of services, in addition to the previous rollouts on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and […]
How to Deploy Confluent Platform on Pivotal Container Service (PKS) with Confluent Operator
This tutorial describes how to set up an Apache Kafka® cluster on Enterprise Pivotal Container Service (Enterprise PKS) using Confluent Operator, which allows you to deploy and run Confluent Platform […]
Free Apache Kafka as a Service with Confluent Cloud
Go from zero to production on Apache Kafka® without talking to sales reps or building infrastructure Apache Kafka is the standard for event-driven applications. But it’s not without its challenges, […]
Schema Validation with Confluent Platform 5.4
Robust data governance support through Schema Validation on write is now supported in Confluent Platform 5.4. Schema Validation enables the broker to verify that data produced to an Apache Kafka® […]
The Rise of Managed Services for Apache Kafka
As a distributed system for collecting, storing, and processing data at scale, Apache Kafka® comes with its own deployment complexities. Luckily for on-premises scenarios, a myriad of deployment options are […]
Multi-Region Clusters with Confluent Platform 5.4
Running a single Apache Kafka® cluster across multiple datacenters (DCs) is a common, yet somewhat taboo architecture. This architecture, referred to as a stretch cluster, provides several operational benefits and […]
How to Use Schema Registry and Avro in Spring Boot Applications
TL;DR Following on from How to Work with Apache Kafka in Your Spring Boot Application, which shows how to get started with Spring Boot and Apache Kafka®, here I will […]
Confluent Cloud Schema Registry is Now Generally Available
We are excited to announce the release of Confluent Cloud Schema Registry in general availability (GA), available in Confluent Cloud, our fully managed event streaming service based on Apache Kafka®. […]
A Guide to the Confluent Verified Integrations Program
When it comes to writing a connector, there are two things you need to know how to do: how to write the code itself, and helping the world know about […]
Shoulder Surfers Beware: Confluent Now Provides Cross-Platform Secret Protection
Compliance requirements often dictate that services should not store secrets as cleartext in files. These secrets may include passwords, such as the values for ssl.key.password, ssl.keystore.password, and ssl.truststore.password configuration parameters […]
Introducing Confluent Platform 5.3
Delivers the new Confluent Operator for cloud-native automation on Kubernetes, a redesigned Confluent Control Center user interface to simplify how you manage event streams, and a preview of Role-Based Access […]
How to Connect KSQL to Confluent Cloud Using Kubernetes with Helm
Confluent Cloud, a fully managed event cloud-native streaming service that extends the value of Apache Kafka®, is simple, resilient, secure, and performant, allowing you to focus on what is important—building […]
17 Ways to Mess Up Self-Managed Schema Registry
Part 1 of this blog series by Gwen Shapira explained the benefits of schemas, contracts between services, and compatibility checking for schema evolution. In particular, using Confluent Schema Registry makes […]