# Community **URL:** https://forum.confluent.io/c/community/12.md [Latest](https://forum.confluent.io/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.confluent.io/categories.md) --- ## [Welcome to the Confluent Community Forum 👋](https://forum.confluent.io/t/welcome-to-the-confluent-community-forum/21)
**Author:** [@alice.richardson](https://forum.confluent.io/u/alice.richardson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [5 November 2020 17:41 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/welcome-to-the-confluent-community-forum/21 "2020-11-05T17:41:24Z")
This forum is all about data streaming. This includes Confluent, Apache Kafka®, Apache Flink®, Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, and everything that relates including security, microservices, Apache Iceberg® and much more! H… --- ## [MQ Summit 2026 - announcing the speaker lineup](https://forum.confluent.io/t/mq-summit-2026-announcing-the-speaker-lineup/38479)
**Author:** [@paulinaprochorowska](https://forum.confluent.io/u/paulinaprochorowska)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [11 August 2026 11:42 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/mq-summit-2026-announcing-the-speaker-lineup/38479 "2026-08-11T11:42:53Z")
MQ Summit is a conference built around messaging and event-driven systems. It grew out of RabbitMQ Summit and now brings the whole ecosystem into one room: RabbitMQ, Kafka, NATS, Pulsar, ActiveMQ, IBM MQ, Amazon SQS/MQ, … --- ## [Hello from Rinki — Enterprise Architecture, Kafka/Flink and AI Readiness](https://forum.confluent.io/t/hello-from-rinki-enterprise-architecture-kafka-flink-and-ai-readiness/38478)
**Author:** [@Rinki](https://forum.confluent.io/u/Rinki)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [5 August 2026 22:25 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/hello-from-rinki-enterprise-architecture-kafka-flink-and-ai-readiness/38478 "2026-08-05T22:25:53Z")
Hello everyone, I’m Rinki Basu, an Enterprise, Cloud and AI Architect based in the New York/New Jersey area. My work focuses on enterprise modernization, event-driven architecture, Kafka and Flink-based platforms, hybr… --- ## [Freelance role - Kafka developer](https://forum.confluent.io/t/freelance-role-kafka-developer/38359)
**Author:** [@jodyhesch](https://forum.confluent.io/u/jodyhesch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [30 April 2026 21:19 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/freelance-role-kafka-developer/38359 "2026-04-30T21:19:10Z")
I’ve got the following contract role for any interested freelancers: Role: Streaming, Governance & Integration Engineer Start: End of May Commitment: 40 hrs / week Duration: 6+ months Working Timezone: CST Rate: $9… --- ## [Recording ready to view: SPEAKER Q&A THREAD: 25 March 2026 - Apache Kafka® for Python Developers - A code intensive journey](https://forum.confluent.io/t/recording-ready-to-view-speaker-q-a-thread-25-march-2026-apache-kafka-for-python-developers-a-code-intensive-journey/38333)
**Author:** [@alice.richardson](https://forum.confluent.io/u/alice.richardson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [9 April 2026 08:27 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/recording-ready-to-view-speaker-q-a-thread-25-march-2026-apache-kafka-for-python-developers-a-code-intensive-journey/38333 "2026-04-09T08:27:03Z")
Watch the recording and ask questions about this event in this thread! :spiral\_calendar: When: 25 March 2026 at 11:00 (UTC) :speaking\_head: Speaker(s): Diptiman Raichaudhuri :notebook\_with\_decorative\_cover: Talk(s): A… --- ## [Data pipeline troubleshooting - Root cause analysis with lineage metadata](https://forum.confluent.io/t/data-pipeline-troubleshooting-root-cause-analysis-with-lineage-metadata/38192)
**Author:** [@alice.richardson](https://forum.confluent.io/u/alice.richardson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [1 December 2025 10:09 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/data-pipeline-troubleshooting-root-cause-analysis-with-lineage-metadata/38192 "2025-12-01T10:09:31Z")
Watch the recording and ask questions about this event in this thread! :spiral\_calendar: When: 27 November 2025 at 18:00 CEST :speaking\_head: Speaker(s): Mario Fiore Vitale, Open-Source Contributor and Debezium Contri… --- ## [Ahmed from France](https://forum.confluent.io/t/ahmed-from-france/38183)
**Author:** [@ahmedtoumi](https://forum.confluent.io/u/ahmedtoumi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [23 November 2025 22:20 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/ahmed-from-france/38183 "2025-11-23T22:20:57Z")
Hi everyone, I was here since a while and I never introduced myself. So I’m Ahmed from France working as Kafka Dev & Ops, and I’m joining here to try to learn more and keep myself up to date . --- ## [Looking for a freelance Kafka+Java Spring boot expert](https://forum.confluent.io/t/looking-for-a-freelance-kafka-java-spring-boot-expert/37925)
**Author:** [@zack](https://forum.confluent.io/u/zack)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [8 July 2025 11:49 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/looking-for-a-freelance-kafka-java-spring-boot-expert/37925 "2025-07-08T11:49:57Z")
Hi we are a small team of Java spring boot developpers and we are looking for a freelance expert that that can help us in tuning and managing the commit process @transactional. --- ## [VIRTUAL MEETUP: Debezium, Apache Kafka®, and an Acyclic Synchronization Algorithm](https://forum.confluent.io/t/virtual-meetup-debezium-apache-kafka-and-an-acyclic-synchronization-algorithm/37935)
**Author:** [@alice.richardson](https://forum.confluent.io/u/alice.richardson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [4 July 2025 09:08 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/virtual-meetup-debezium-apache-kafka-and-an-acyclic-synchronization-algorithm/37935 "2025-07-04T09:08:38Z")
Watch the recording and ask questions about this event in this thread! :spiral\_calendar: When: 2 July 2025 at 18:30 CEST :speaking\_head: Speaker(s): MD Sayem Ahmed / MTS 2, Software Engineer … --- ## [Apache Kafka 4.0 released](https://forum.confluent.io/t/apache-kafka-4-0-released/37519)
**Author:** [@rmoff](https://forum.confluent.io/u/rmoff)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [18 March 2025 16:38 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/apache-kafka-4-0-released/37519 "2025-03-18T16:38:48Z")
Announcement: https://lists.apache.org/thread/59j63n5ffnqpjom0xdqnc7p8z19zqrbc Download: Apache Kafka Release notes: https://dlcdn.apache.org/kafka/4.0.0/RELEASE\_NOTES.html --- ## [Virtual Apache Flink® x Apache Kafka® Meetup by Confluent](https://forum.confluent.io/t/virtual-apache-flink-x-apache-kafka-meetup-by-confluent/13539)
**Author:** [@alice.richardson](https://forum.confluent.io/u/alice.richardson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [20 December 2024 01:32 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/virtual-apache-flink-x-apache-kafka-meetup-by-confluent/13539 "2024-12-20T01:32:04Z")
Watch the recording and ask questions about this event in this thread! :spiral\_calendar: When: 16 Dec 2024 at 19:00 (BRT) :speaking\_head: Speaker(s): Fernando Adriano Machado :notebook\_with\_decorative\_cover: Talk(s): … --- ## [Recording ready to view: SPEAKER Q&A THREAD: 10 December 2024 - How to build a data streaming platform - Introduction to Stream Processing, Stream Governance with Kafka and Flink](https://forum.confluent.io/t/recording-ready-to-view-speaker-q-a-thread-10-december-2024-how-to-build-a-data-streaming-platform-introduction-to-stream-processing-stream-governance-with-kafka-and-flink/13495)
**Author:** [@alice.richardson](https://forum.confluent.io/u/alice.richardson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [11 December 2024 09:13 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/recording-ready-to-view-speaker-q-a-thread-10-december-2024-how-to-build-a-data-streaming-platform-introduction-to-stream-processing-stream-governance-with-kafka-and-flink/13495 "2024-12-11T09:13:43Z")
Watch the recording and ask questions about this event in this thread! :spiral\_calendar: When: 10 December 2024 at 10:00 (UTC) :speaking\_head: Speaker(s): Diptiman Raichaudhuri :notebook\_with\_decorative\_cover: Talk(s):… --- ## [VIRTUAL- Apache Kafka® x Apache Pinot® Meetup by Confluent](https://forum.confluent.io/t/virtual-apache-kafka-x-apache-pinot-meetup-by-confluent/13405)
**Author:** [@alice.richardson](https://forum.confluent.io/u/alice.richardson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [28 November 2024 08:29 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/virtual-apache-kafka-x-apache-pinot-meetup-by-confluent/13405 "2024-11-28T08:29:51Z")
Watch the recording and ask questions about this event in this thread! :spiral\_calendar: When: 27 Nov 2024 at 19:00 (BRT) :speaking\_head: Speaker(s): Mateus Oliveira :notebook\_with\_decorative\_cover: Talk(s): Construi… --- ## [Consumption issue](https://forum.confluent.io/t/consumption-issue/12484)
**Author:** [@gashoka](https://forum.confluent.io/u/gashoka)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [6 November 2024 09:35 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/consumption-issue/12484 "2024-11-06T09:35:43Z")
Hello everybody, I have a question about Kafka message consumption. If a topic has existing data, will it be consumed completely in a single operation, or could messages be missed in a single consumption cycle? In my … --- ## [Hello Confluent Community!](https://forum.confluent.io/t/hello-confluent-community/12481)
**Author:** [@appunamiya](https://forum.confluent.io/u/appunamiya)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [5 November 2024 14:20 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/hello-confluent-community/12481 "2024-11-05T14:20:49Z")
Hi community :wave:t3:, Good morning/evening I am Ankit and I am fairly new to Kafka. I hail from Mumbai, India and currently working in a project which has Kafka as the messaging queue and hence after some r&d i got he… --- ## [Recording ready to view: Stream Processing & Governance w/ Apache Kafka® and Apache Flink® - September 26](https://forum.confluent.io/t/recording-ready-to-view-stream-processing-governance-w-apache-kafka-and-apache-flink-september-26/12468)
**Author:** [@alice.richardson](https://forum.confluent.io/u/alice.richardson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [1 November 2024 20:04 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/recording-ready-to-view-stream-processing-governance-w-apache-kafka-and-apache-flink-september-26/12468 "2024-11-01T20:04:09Z")
Watch the recording and ask questions about this event in this thread! :spiral\_calendar: When: 26 September 2024 at 12:30 (UTC) :speaking\_head: Speaker(s): Diptiman Raichaudhuri :notebook\_with\_decorative\_cover: Talk(s… --- ## [Hello from Spain](https://forum.confluent.io/t/hello-from-spain/12376)
**Author:** [@gerard10](https://forum.confluent.io/u/gerard10)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [17 October 2024 09:21 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/hello-from-spain/12376 "2024-10-17T09:21:08Z")
Hi everybody! It’s rainny in Madrid today… Looking for some sunlight --- ## [Need urgent help on below Use case](https://forum.confluent.io/t/need-urgent-help-on-below-use-case/7957)
**Author:** [@tushar](https://forum.confluent.io/u/tushar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [27 September 2024 15:22 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/need-urgent-help-on-below-use-case/7957 "2024-09-27T15:22:19Z")
Use Case- Travel speed - players moving faster than others or even possibly teleporting. I have below data. Playerid gameid Xcoordinate Ycoordinate Zcoordinate Timestamp 1 100 10 20 30 5/11/2023 5:50 1 100 10 … --- ## [Hello Community](https://forum.confluent.io/t/hello-community/11584)
**Author:** [@mpiatek](https://forum.confluent.io/u/mpiatek)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [27 September 2024 15:10 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/hello-community/11584 "2024-09-27T15:10:23Z")
Hi! I’m working on data analytics platform backend, data processing side. We are planning to transition from minibatch processing to live data streaming leveraging Kafka, Connect, Streams and KSQL. Kind regards, Marci… --- ## [Recording ready to view: VIRTUAL Apache Flink® Meetup with Robert Metzger & Raghav Nehru by Confluent Sept 27 2024](https://forum.confluent.io/t/recording-ready-to-view-virtual-apache-flink-meetup-with-robert-metzger-raghav-nehru-by-confluent-sept-27-2024/11587)
**Author:** [@alice.richardson](https://forum.confluent.io/u/alice.richardson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [27 September 2024 10:22 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/recording-ready-to-view-virtual-apache-flink-meetup-with-robert-metzger-raghav-nehru-by-confluent-sept-27-2024/11587 "2024-09-27T10:22:26Z")
Watch the recording and ask questions about this event in this thread! :spiral\_calendar: When: 26 Sept 2024 at 18:00 (CEST) :speaking\_head: Speaker(s): Robert Metzger, Raghav Nehru :notebook\_with\_decorative\_cover: Tal… --- ## [Recording ready to view: Summer Apache Kafka® Meetup (Virtual) by Confluent Jul 31 2024](https://forum.confluent.io/t/recording-ready-to-view-summer-apache-kafka-meetup-virtual-by-confluent-jul-31-2024/11198)
**Author:** [@alice.richardson](https://forum.confluent.io/u/alice.richardson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [7 August 2024 09:23 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/recording-ready-to-view-summer-apache-kafka-meetup-virtual-by-confluent-jul-31-2024/11198 "2024-08-07T09:23:36Z")
Watch the recording and ask questions about this event in this thread! :spiral\_calendar: When: 31 July 2024 at 18:00 (PDT) :speaking\_head: Speaker(s): Raghav Nehru, Sandon Jacobs :notebook\_with\_decorative\_cover: Talk(… --- ## [🎧 Optimizing Apache Kafka®'s Internals with original Co-Creator Jun Rao](https://forum.confluent.io/t/optimizing-apache-kafka-s-internals-with-original-co-creator-jun-rao/4933)
**Author:** [@alice.richardson](https://forum.confluent.io/u/alice.richardson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [28 April 2022 07:21 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/optimizing-apache-kafka-s-internals-with-original-co-creator-jun-rao/4933 "2022-04-28T07:21:40Z")
There’s a new Streaming Audio episode - check it out! You already know Apache Kafka® is a distributed event streaming system for setting your data in motion, but how does its internal architecture work? No one can expla… --- ## [Apache Kafka Log Cleaner Metric max-buffer-utilization-percent is always 0%](https://forum.confluent.io/t/apache-kafka-log-cleaner-metric-max-buffer-utilization-percent-is-always-0/11104)
**Author:** [@Maria](https://forum.confluent.io/u/Maria)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [19 July 2024 20:50 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/apache-kafka-log-cleaner-metric-max-buffer-utilization-percent-is-always-0/11104 "2024-07-19T20:50:54Z")
Hi! I have set up a grafana dashboard that has the Log Cleaner metrics added when we upgraded to Apache Kafka 3.5. We didn’t have these metrics before when we were using Kafka 2.7. This Log Cleaner Metric max-buffer-uti… --- ## [🎧 Improving Apache Kafka® Scalability and Elasticity with Tiered Storage](https://forum.confluent.io/t/improving-apache-kafka-scalability-and-elasticity-with-tiered-storage/6580)
**Author:** [@alice.richardson](https://forum.confluent.io/u/alice.richardson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [22 November 2022 08:22 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/improving-apache-kafka-scalability-and-elasticity-with-tiered-storage/6580 "2022-11-22T08:22:03Z")
There’s a new Streaming Audio episode - check it out! What happens when you need to store more than a few petabytes of data? Rittika Adhikari (Software Engineer, Confluent) discusses how her team implemented tiered stor… --- ## [Kafka SSl issue](https://forum.confluent.io/t/kafka-ssl-issue/10922)
**Author:** [@sharathsis123](https://forum.confluent.io/u/sharathsis123)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [20 June 2024 06:10 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/kafka-ssl-issue/10922 "2024-06-20T06:10:07Z")
Hi All, We have configured ssl(CA,keystor,truststore,importing certs to keystore and truststore) and getting the below error when we execute the openssl command (openssl s\_client -connect hostname:9093 . Any help is hig… --- ## [From where Should I Start?](https://forum.confluent.io/t/from-where-should-i-start/10595)
**Author:** [@tysonzach](https://forum.confluent.io/u/tysonzach)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [1 May 2024 12:35 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/from-where-should-i-start/10595 "2024-05-01T12:35:34Z")
Hello there, This is my first post after just joining this discussion, so please forgive me and provide kind assistance if I have posted to the wrong subsection. I am new here but a real enthusiast and loving this comm… --- ## [New to the community - integrating IBM MQ with Kafla](https://forum.confluent.io/t/new-to-the-community-integrating-ibm-mq-with-kafla/10553)
**Author:** [@shardservant](https://forum.confluent.io/u/shardservant)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [22 April 2024 18:00 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/new-to-the-community-integrating-ibm-mq-with-kafla/10553 "2024-04-22T18:00:37Z")
Just introducing myself. A definite beginner with Kafka but happy to learn. I work in an IBM MQ shop and have managed to integrate the IIBM App Connect Enterprise ESB with Kafka. My big challenges now are to figure ou… --- ## [Control center not available on port 9021](https://forum.confluent.io/t/control-center-not-available-on-port-9021/10366)
**Author:** [@Sandisk](https://forum.confluent.io/u/Sandisk)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [12 March 2024 13:38 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/control-center-not-available-on-port-9021/10366 "2024-03-12T13:38:57Z")
We r trying to run control center( confluent 7.6 )on RHEL but it is not running on 9021. Please find the attachment which includes output after running command. --- ## [Recording ready to view: SPEAKER Q&A THREAD: 14 Dec 2024- Apache Kafka® with Schema Registry and Avro](https://forum.confluent.io/t/recording-ready-to-view-speaker-q-a-thread-14-dec-2024-apache-kafka-with-schema-registry-and-avro/9915)
**Author:** [@alice.richardson](https://forum.confluent.io/u/alice.richardson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [25 January 2024 03:12 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/recording-ready-to-view-speaker-q-a-thread-14-dec-2024-apache-kafka-with-schema-registry-and-avro/9915 "2024-01-25T03:12:00Z")
Watch the recording and ask questions about this event in this thread! :spiral\_calendar: When: 4 November 2023 at 12:30 (UTC) :speaking\_head: Speaker(s): Ajay Krishnan, Product Manager, Confluent … --- ## [Introducing myself to the community](https://forum.confluent.io/t/introducing-myself-to-the-community/9831)
**Author:** [@dutha](https://forum.confluent.io/u/dutha)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [22 January 2024 18:09 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/introducing-myself-to-the-community/9831 "2024-01-22T18:09:43Z")
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