Apache Kafka® Administration by Confluent
Learn to plan, install, configure, manage and monitor Kafka clusters using industry best practices from world’s foremost Apache Kafka experts.
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PaidMarch 3, 2025 @ 9:00 am – March 5, 2025 @ 5:00 pm UTC+8
About the event
Join Our Exclusive Apache Kafka® and Confluent Platform Workshop!
Unlock the power of Apache Kafka and the Confluent in our immersive hands-on event. Discover the intricate workings and synergies of key subsystems for leveraging streaming data.
- Comprehensive Understanding: Delve into the inner mechanics of Kafka and Confluent platform, grasping how their core components collaborate harmoniously.
- Master Kafka Clusters: Learn to establish, manage, fine-tune, and vigilantly monitor your Kafka cluster’s performance, optimizing its potential.
- Expert Insights: Acquire the wisdom of Apache Kafka® trailblazers, imbibing industry-leading practices from leading experts.
Target Audience: Engineers, system administrators, and operational enthusiasts entrusted with shaping, supervising, and refining Kafka clusters will find this event invaluable.
Prerequisites: A foundational grasp of Kafka’s architecture is recommended, either through prior experience or by exploring the Confluent Fundamentals for Apache Kafka® course. Familiarity with Linux/Unix and rudimentary TCP/IP networking concepts is crucial. While not mandatory, a basic understanding of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) ecosystem can enhance your experience.
Join us to embark on a transformative journey with Apache Kafka and Confluent platform. Elevate your skills, network with experts, and gain insights that will shape your data streaming endeavors.Limited spots available. Secure your place now!
- Kafka as a Distributed Streaming Platform
- The Distributed Log
- Producer and Consumer Basics
- Kafka’s Commit Log
- Replication for High Availability
- Partitions and Consumer Groups for Scalability
- Security Overview
- Installing and Running Kafka
- Configuration Management
- Monitoring
- Log Retention and Compaction
- Commissioning and Decommissioning Brokers
- Monitoring, Testing, and Tuning Brokers and Kafka Clients
- The Consumer Group Protocol
- Transport Encryption
- Authentication
- Securing Apache Kafka®
- Migrating to a Secure Cluster
- The Motivation for Kafka Connect
- Types of Connectors
- Kafka Connect Implementation
- Standalone and Distributed Modes
- Configuring the Connectors
- Kafka Reference Architecture for Apache Kafka® and the Complete Confluent Platform
- Capacity Planning
- Multi Data Center Deployments
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
