Using Apache Kafka Command Line Tools with Confluent Cloud | Confluent

This post details how to use standard Apache Kafka command-line tools (kafka-console-producer, kafka-console-consumer, kafka-consumer-groups) with Confluent Cloud by configuring them with bootstrap servers, API keys, and secrets. It provides specific examples for producing and consuming messages, listing consumer groups, and describing consumer group offsets. It also includes guidance on network connectivity testing using netcat and discusses scenarios involving public internet and VPC peering.