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What Is Apache Kafka and How It Works

Bogdan Stashchuk via YouTube

Overview

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Explore the fundamentals of Apache Kafka in this comprehensive 30-minute video tutorial. Learn about the core components of Kafka, including brokers, clusters, Zookeeper, and topics. Discover how messages are structured and distributed across partitions, and understand the roles of partition leaders and followers. Delve into the responsibilities of the Kafka Controller and gain insights into how producers write messages to topics and how consumers read them. Examine the default port configurations for Zookeeper and Broker, and explore the concept of multiple Kafka clusters. By the end of this tutorial, gain a solid understanding of Apache Kafka's architecture and its key operational principles.

Syllabus

What is Apache Kafka?.
What is Apache Kafka Broker.
What is Apache Kafka Broker cluster.
What is Apache Kafka Zookeeper.
What is Apache Kafka Zookeeper ensemble.
Multiple Apache Kafka Clusters.
Default ports of the Apache Kafka Zookeeper and Broker.
What is Apache Kafka Topic.
Structure of the Apache Kafka Message.
What are Apache Kafka Topics and Partitions.
How Apache Kafka spreads messages across partitions.
What are Apache Kafka Partition Leader and Followers.
What is Apache Kafka Controller and it's responsibilities.
How Apache Kafka Producers write messages to the topic.
How Apache Kafka Consumers read messages from the topic.

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Bogdan Stashchuk

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