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Apache Airflow Programming: Developing, Configuring, and Automating Workflows
This Apache Airflow course provides a comprehensive introduction to Apache Airflow, covering its architecture, configuration, and workflow automation capabilities. Participants will learn how to set...
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This Apache Airflow course provides a comprehensive introduction to Apache Airflow, covering its architecture, configuration, and workflow automation capabilities. Participants will learn how to set up and manage Airflow environments, configure executors, and develop DAGs using Python. The course explores essential components like tasks, operators, variables, and connections, as well as advanced topics such as dynamic DAGs, templating, and custom plugins. Hands-on exercises include running DAGs, scheduling tasks, integrating cloud providers, and monitoring workflows through logs and the Airflow UI. By the end of the training, learners will confidently build, automate, and optimize data pipelines using Airflow.
Skills Gained
- Understand Apache Airflow’s architecture and how it automates distributed workflows.
- Set up and configure Airflow using different execution modes and database backends.
- Learn key Airflow components, including DAGs, tasks, operators, variables, and connections.
- Develop and run DAGs using the Operator API, TaskFlow API, and dynamic task mapping.
- Integrate Airflow with cloud providers such as AWS and Azure.
- Utilize built-in operators and sensors to automate task execution and monitoring.
- Extend Airflow by creating custom operators, providers, and plugins.
- Apply best practices for scheduling, logging, debugging, and optimizing workflows.
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
Development Server
- Methods for Running Apache Airflow
- Standalone Mode with SQLite and Sequential Executor
- Regular Mode with PostgreSQL and Local Executor
- Webserver and Scheduler Processes
- Airflow CLI tool
Apache Airflow Configuration
- Airflow Configuration File
- Airflow Home Folder and DAGs Folder
- Configure the Executor
- Expose Configuration to the Airflow Web UI
- Configure the Log Level: Info vs Debug
- Refresh Frequency for Airflow and the DAGs Folder
- Reviewing Log Files
Essential Components
- DAGs
- Tasks
- Operators
- Variables
- Providers
- Connections
- Pool
- XComs
Coding and Running a DAG
- Workflows as Code
- Operator API vs Taskflow API
- Scheduling
- Trigger from Web UI
- Trigger from CLI
- Viewing Task Logs
- DAG Serialization
- Explore DAG execution in the Web UI
Programming DAGs
- Create a DAG
- Orchestrating Tasks
- DAG Parameters
- Task Parameters
- Using Variables
- Using XComs
- Using Connections
- Dynamic DAGs
- Dynamic Task Mapping
- Templating with Jinja
- Manually Trigger a Pipeline
- Scheduling
Providers and Connections
- Azure Provider and Blobs
- AWS Provider and S3
- File System
Built-In Operators
- Bash Operator
- Http Operator
- Email Operator
- Python Operator
- PostgreSQL Operator
- S3 File Transform Operator
Built-In Sensors
- File Sensor
- Python Sensor
Advanced Programming
- Custom Operators
- Custom Providers
- Custom Plugins
Schedule
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Reviews
The training was good but needed the basic skills of maximo before getting deep in the configuration of it.
Easy to use and exactly what I was looking for. Value for money was exceptional.
Course was great and the instructor had an answer for anything that was asked during the course.
Great company -- easy to sign up and very organized. Loved my teacher and class overall.
Courseware was effective but would like to have some PDF material on BPML and XPATH
