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Mastering Apache Airflow Administration: Scalable Workflow Automation and Orchestration
This Advanced Apache Airflow course provides a deep dive into Apache Airflow, a powerful workflow automation platform for managing complex data pipelines. Participants will explore the architecture...
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This Advanced Apache Airflow course provides a deep dive into Apache Airflow, a powerful workflow automation platform for managing complex data pipelines. Participants will explore the architecture of Airflow, including Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs), operators, and schedulers. The course covers installation, configuration, and integration with Kubernetes, AWS EKS, and Helm. Learners will gain hands-on experience deploying Airflow, optimizing workflows, customizing container images, and monitoring performance using logging and metrics. Designed for professionals, this course ensures participants can build scalable, reliable, and efficient workflow automation solutions.
Skills Gained
- Understand Apache Airflow’s architecture and how it compares to Cron Jobs and Celery.
- Learn the fundamentals of DAGs, operators, tasks, variables, and schedulers.
- Install and configure Apache Airflow using Python environments, PostgreSQL, and Kubernetes.
- Gain hands-on experience deploying Airflow on Kubernetes, including EKS and Helm.
- Configure Airflow’s executors, logs, and advanced settings for scalability.
- Build and use custom Airflow container images with additional dependencies.
- Implement monitoring solutions using logs, Grafana, and external storage.
- Apply best practices for workflow reliability, scaling, and automation in production environments.
Course Details
What is Apache Airflow?
- Distributed Task Automation
- Compared to Cron Jobs
- Compared to Celery
- Scalability and Reliability
- Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs)
- Workflows as Code
Workflows as Code (no programming)
- Anatomy of a DAG
- Directed Acyclic Graphs
- Operators
- Tasks
- Variables
- XComs
- Providers
- Connections
- Explore how DAG parts connect to the UI
- DAG Serialization
- Listeners
- Schedulers
- Pools
Installation and Configuration
- Python Virtual Environment
- Install Airflow
- Airflow Constraints File
- Standalone Mode
- Run the Webserver and Scheduler Independently
- SQLite vs PostgreSQL
- Configure with PostgreSQL
- Airflow and Kubernetes (with Minikube)
- Airflow and AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
- Airflow Helm Chart
Hands-On Kubernetes (K8s)
- Containerization and Orchestration
- Kubectl
- Helm
- Nodes
- Namespaces
- Pods, Containers, and Services
- Connect to the Internet (EKS)
- Keda Autoscaler
- Pod Logs
- SSH into Pods/Containers
- Live Upgrading Airflow
Airflow Configuration
- Airflow Configuration File Location
- Airflow Executor Configuration
- Airflow Log Levels
- Help Chart Configuration
- Learn How to Configure Airflow and K8s Pods
- Local Executor
- Celery Executor
- K8s Pod Executor
Airflow Custom Image
- Airflow Container Image
- Why Create a Custom Image?
- Create a Custom Image
- InstallSoftware with Apt
- Install Software with PyPi
- Install Providers and Custom Software
- Use the Custom Container Image
Monitoring
- Logging
- Log File Structure
- Log Levels
- Review Task Logs in the Web UI
- External Log Storage
- Metrics Configuration
- Monitor with Grafana
- Notifications
Schedule
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Reviews
Overall it was a good bootcamp. A lot to cover so it is understandable that the pace had to be a little fast.
Although there seemed to be too many links for the course, everything worked smoothly.
Good training. A lot to take in for the short amount of time we have though
The labs and course material gave me valuable insights into cloud security architecture
Good training material and good instruction. More time needs to be provided for the lab work.
