Apache Kafka in Action

Apache Kafka, start to finish.

Apache Kafka in Action: From basics to production guides you through the concepts and skills you'll need to deploy and administer Kafka for data pipelines, event-driven applications, and other systems that process data streams from multiple sources. Authors Anatoly Zelenin and Alexander Kropp have spent years using Kafka in real-world production environments. In this guide, they reveal their hard-won expert insights to help you troubleshoot common Kafka challenges.

Inside Apache Kafka in Action you'll discover:

• Apache Kafka from the ground up
• Achieving reliability and performance
• Troubleshooting Kafka systems
• Operations, governance, and monitoring
• Kafka use cases, patterns, and anti-patterns

Thousands of companies—including 80% of the Fortune 100—have made Apache Kafka the lynchpin of their data streaming and processing systems. Clear, concise, and practical, Apache Kafka in Action is written for IT operators, software engineers, and IT architects who will deploy and administer Kafka in their daily work. Chapter by chapter, it guides you through the skills you need to deliver and maintain reliable and fault-tolerant data-driven applications.