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Apache Kafka Administration by Confluent
In this three-day hands-on, Apache Kafka administration training course, you will learn to build and manage Kafka clusters using industry best practices developed by the world’s foremost Apache...
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In this three-day hands-on, Apache Kafka administration training course, you will learn to build and manage Kafka clusters using industry best practices developed by the world’s foremost Apache Kafka experts. You will learn how Kafka and the Confluent Platform work, their main subsystems, their functions, how they interact, and how to set up, manage, and tune your cluster.
Who Can Benefit
This course is designed for engineers, system administrators, and operations staff responsible for building, managing, monitoring, and tuning Kafka clusters.
Prerequisites
Attendees should have a working knowledge of the Kafka architecture, either from prior experience or the recommended prerequisite course Confluent Fundamentals for Apache Kafka®. It is also important to have strong knowledge of Linux/Unix and understand basic TCP/IP networking concepts. Familiarity with the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is helpful.
Course Details
Hands-on Training
Throughout the course, hands-on exercises reinforce the topics being discussed. Exercises include:
- Using Kafka’s command-line tools
- Automating configuration
- Using Kafka’s administrative tools
- Tuning Producer and Consumer performance
- Securing the cluster
- Building data pipelines with Kafka Connect
Course Outline
Fundamentals of Apache Kafka
- Kafka as a Distributed Streaming Platform
- The Distributed Log
- Producer and Consumer Basics
Apache Kafka Architecture
- Kafka’s Commit Log
- Replication for High Availability
- Partitions and Consumer Groups for Scalability
- Security Overview
Providing Durability
- Data Replication
- Failure Recovery
- Log Files & Offset Management
- Exactly-Once Semantics (EOS)
Managing a Cluster
- Installing and Running Kafka
- Configuration Management
- Monitoring
- Log Retention and Compaction
- Commissioning and Decommissioning Brokers
Optimizing Apache Kafka Performance
- Monitoring, Testing, and Tuning Brokers and Kafka Clients
- The Consumer Group Protocol
Apache Kafka Security
- Transport Encryption
- Authentication
- Securing Apache Kafka
- Migrating to a Secure Cluster
Data Pipelines with Kafka Connect
- The Motivation for Kafka Connect
- Types of Connectors
- Kafka Connect Implementation
- Standalone and Distributed Modes
- Configuring the Connectors
Kafka in Production
- Kafka Reference Architecture for Apache Kafka and the Complete Confluent Platform
- Capacity Planning
- Multi Data Center Deployments
Schedule
FAQ
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Reviews
Course was great and informative. The instructor had a good flow and was very personable.
I registered a day before class and am happy that I received all the materials and links in time for the class. Thanks.
The instructor really took his time and made sure I was able to understand the concepts.
great class and packed with material, would have lived to spread it more into many days but overall very informative.
You get detailed labs to guide you through the technical material giving you a hands on method of learning otherwise difficult material.
