Course Outline
Introduction to Apache Kafka
- What is Kafka and why use it?
- Core components: Topics, Partitions, Producers, Consumers, Brokers
- Understanding Kafka’s publish-subscribe model
- Use cases of Kafka in real-world applications
Setting Up a Kafka Development Environment
- Installing and configuring Kafka and ZooKeeper
- Kafka CLI tools for topic management
- Configuring Kafka for high availability
Kafka Producers and Consumers
- Creating Kafka Producers in Java
- Producing messages with keys, partitions, and acknowledgments
- Creating Kafka Consumers in Java
- Consumer groups and offset management
Working with Kafka Streams
- Introduction to Kafka Streams API
- Processing real-time data streams
- Stateful vs. stateless processing
- Windowing, joins, and aggregations
Ensuring Reliability and Performance
- Kafka replication and fault tolerance
- Optimizing producer and consumer configurations
- Monitoring Kafka performance
Kafka Security and Authentication
- Enabling SSL/TLS encryption
- Configuring authentication with SASL
- Role-based access control with Kafka ACLs
Integrating Kafka with Other Systems
- Using Kafka Connect to integrate with databases
- Connecting Kafka with Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, and other data sources
- Building event-driven microservices with Kafka
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- An understanding of core Java programming
- Basic knowledge of distributed systems and messaging systems
- Familiarity with software development tools such as Maven or Gradle
Audience
- Java developers looking to integrate Kafka into their applications
- Software engineers working with event-driven architectures
- Developers interested in learning Kafka as a distributed messaging system
Testimonials (5)
the deploy of Kafka and zookeeper was very useful to understand the problem perhaps to check the config files would be also useful for next trainings
Bolivar Alvarez - SICPA SA
Course - Administration of Kafka Message Queue
The labs and the slides combine well with Jorge's knowledge and love for Kafka.
Willem - BMW SA
Course - Apache Kafka for Developers
Sufficient hands on, trainer is knowledgable
Chris Tan
Course - A Practical Introduction to Stream Processing
Grate skills, examples, very good exercises
Marek Konieczny - G2A.COM Limited
Course - Kafka for Administrators
Recalling/reviewing keypoints of the topics discussed.
