#5 Build Kafka Producers & Consumers in .NET Core — Complete Hands‑On Tutorial
In this video, I walk you through how to integrate Apache Kafka with .NET Core, starting from Docker setup all the way to producing and consuming real messages. If you're a backend, DevOps, or data engineering enthusiast, this step‑by‑step guide will help you master Kafka integration with C#.
What You’ll Learn
Configure Kafka in Docker
Set up Kafka locally using Docker & Docker Compose.
Install Kafka packages in .NET Core
Add the Confluent Kafka NuGet package and configure your project.
Establish Kafka connection
Build a clean and reusable Kafka configuration in C#.
Produce messages to Kafka
Implement a Kafka producer in .NET Core to send messages to topics.
Consume messages from Kafka
Build a Kafka consumer to read and process messages in real time.
Technologies Used
Apache Kafka (KRaft mode)
Docker & Docker Compose
.NET Core
Confluent.Kafka NuGet package
Who Is This For
.NET Developers
Backend Engineers
DevOps Engineers
Data Engineers
Anyone learning Kafka or event‑driven architecture
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