Master Kafka Real-Time Data Processing

Learn to build scalable, real-time data pipelines with Apache Kafka in this hands-on course designed for developers and data engineers.

This Course Includes

  • 30 Hours of Hands-on Training
  • Tools: Kafka, Zookeeper, Kafka Streams
  • Online Practical Labs
  • Learn Data Streaming Skills
  • Real-World Projects and Exercises
  • Data Pipeline Design and Optimization

Things You'll Learn

  • Kafka architecture and core concepts
  • Real-time data streaming and processing
  • Building producers and consumers
  • Kafka Streams and KSQL for data transformation
  • Scaling and optimizing Kafka clusters

Course Content

Introduction to Apache Kafka
  • Overview of Kafka and its role in real-time data processing.
  • Key concepts: Topics, Partitions, Brokers, and Replication.
  • Understanding Kafka’s architecture and components.
  • Hands-on exercise: Setting up a Kafka environment with Docker.
  • Comparing Kafka with traditional messaging systems.
  • Real-world use cases: IoT, log aggregation, and event sourcing.
  • Introduction to Zookeeper and its role in Kafka.
  • Basic Kafka commands and configurations.
Kafka Producers and Consumers
  • Building Kafka producers to publish data streams.
  • Configuring producer properties: acks, retries, and batching.
  • Hands-on lab: Creating a producer with Java/Python.
  • Understanding consumers and consumer groups.
  • Hands-on exercise: Subscribing to topics and consuming messages.
  • Managing offsets and ensuring data reliability.
  • Real-world scenario: Streaming live sensor data.
  • Error handling and retries in producers/consumers.
Kafka Streams and KSQL
  • Introduction to Kafka Streams for real-time processing.
  • Building stream processing applications with Kafka Streams.
  • Hands-on lab: Filtering and aggregating data streams.
  • Using KSQL for querying Kafka topics.
  • Hands-on exercise: Writing KSQL queries for real-time analytics.
  • Stateful processing: Joins, windows, and aggregations.
  • Real-world case study: Processing e-commerce transaction data.
  • Best practices for stream processing design.
Scaling and Optimizing Kafka
  • Configuring Kafka for high throughput and low latency.
  • Managing partitions and replication for scalability.
  • Hands-on lab: Scaling a Kafka cluster with additional brokers.
  • Monitoring Kafka with tools like Kafka Manager and Prometheus.
  • Optimizing performance: Compression, batching, and tuning.
  • Hands-on exercise: Load testing a Kafka cluster.
  • Handling failures: Broker recovery and rebalancing.
  • Real-world example: Scaling for a global messaging platform.
Advanced Kafka Integrations
  • Integrating Kafka with databases (e.g., Kafka Connect).
  • Hands-on lab: Streaming data from MySQL to Kafka.
  • Using Kafka with big data tools: Spark, Flink, and Hadoop.
  • Hands-on exercise: Processing Kafka streams with Spark.
  • Securing Kafka: SSL, SASL, and ACLs.
  • Real-world scenario: Building a data pipeline for analytics.
  • Deploying Kafka in the cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure).
  • Best practices for production-ready Kafka systems.

Why Choose This Course?

  • Led by Kafka experts with industry experience
  • Hands-on labs with real-time data scenarios
  • Flexible online format for your convenience
  • Practical projects to build your portfolio
  • Prepares you for Kafka certifications