Kafka

Real-Time Event Streaming Platform

Master

Apache Kafka 2025

The world's most popular distributed event streaming platform — processing trillions of events per day at Netflix, LinkedIn, Uber & Airbnb. Master Kafka architecture, Streams API, Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and cloud deployments on AWS MSK and Azure Event Hubs.

Producers & Consumers Kafka Streams Kafka Connect ksqlDB Schema Registry KRaft AWS MSK Confluent Cloud Flink Integration

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Kafka Topic Architecture

Producer

Order Svc

Payment Svc

User Svc

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Topic: order-events

P0  ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ offset 1400

P1  ▓▓▓▓▓▓ offset 1350

P2  ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ offset 1500

Replication Factor: 3 · Retention: 7d

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Consumer Group

Analytics

Notifier

Billing

kafka-topics --create --topic order-events \
  --partitions 3 --replication-factor 3
// 10M+ messages/sec throughput

10M+/sec

Throughput

Per single cluster

32 hrs

Duration

Hands-on training

Modules

End-to-end coverage

Cert

Included

Industry recognised

24/7

Support

Expert guidance

Apache Kafka

Confluent Cloud

Kafka Streams

Kafka Connect

ksqlDB

Schema Registry

KRaft Mode

Apache ZooKeeper

AWS MSK

Azure Event Hubs

Google Pub/Sub

Apache Flink

Spark Streaming

Avro

Protobuf

Python

Java

Spring Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

Apache Kafka

Confluent Cloud

Kafka Streams

Kafka Connect

ksqlDB

Schema Registry

KRaft Mode

Apache ZooKeeper

AWS MSK

Azure Event Hubs

Google Pub/Sub

Apache Flink

Spark Streaming

Avro

Protobuf

Python

Java

Spring Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

What You Master

The Complete Kafka Skill Set

From topic architecture to production-grade streaming pipelines — everything in one programme.

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Event-Driven Architecture

Design and build fault-tolerant, real-time data pipelines processing millions of events per second. Master topics, partitions, replication, offset management, consumer groups, and exactly-once semantics.

Topics Partitions Consumer Groups Offsets Replication EOS

🌊

Kafka Streams API

Stateless & stateful stream transformations, windowing, aggregations, and joins in real-time.

🔌

Kafka Connect

200+ connectors to ingest from MySQL, Postgres, S3, Elasticsearch, and more with zero code.

☁️

Cloud Deployments

AWS MSK, Azure Event Hubs, Google Pub/Sub, and Confluent Cloud with multi-cluster replication.

AWS MSK Azure EH Confluent

Syllabus

Course Curriculum

10 comprehensive modules covering Kafka from fundamentals to production-grade deployment.

What is Apache Kafka?
Kafka Architecture Overview
Use Cases of Kafka
Components: Producers, Consumers, Brokers, Topics, Partitions, Zookeeper
Kafka vs. Traditional Messaging Systems

Installing Kafka on Windows/Linux/Mac
Setting up ZooKeeper and Kafka Brokers
Configuring Kafka Properties
Running Kafka using CLI Commands
Basic CLI Commands: Creating Topics, Producing & Consuming Messages

Understanding Producers & Consumers
Producer API (Key, Partitioner, Acknowledgment)
Consumer API (Polling, Commit Offsets, Consumer Groups)
Kafka Serialization & Deserialization (String, JSON, Avro)
Consumer Offsets & Auto Commit

Topic Creation & Management
Partitioning Strategies
Replication in Kafka
Log Retention & Cleanup Policies
High Availability & Fault Tolerance

Introduction to Kafka Streams API
Stream Processing vs. Batch Processing
Stateless & Stateful Transformations
Windowing & Aggregations
Interactive Queries

What is Kafka Connect?
Source & Sink Connectors
Connecting Kafka with Databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL)
Connecting Kafka with Big Data (Hadoop, Spark, Elasticsearch)
ksqlDB for stream processing SQL

SSL/TLS Encryption
SASL Authentication
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Securing Kafka with ACLs
Schema Registry with Avro & Protobuf

Monitoring Kafka Clusters (JMX, Prometheus, Grafana)
Optimizing Kafka Performance (Batch Size, Compression, Acks)
Troubleshooting Kafka Issues
Lag monitoring & consumer group health

Exactly-Once Semantics (EOS)
Rebalancing Strategies
Schema Registry & Avro
Kafka in Cloud (AWS MSK, Azure Event Hubs, Google Pub/Sub)
Multi-Cluster Kafka & Cross-Data Center Replication
KRaft — Kafka without ZooKeeper

Implementing a Real-Time Data Pipeline
Kafka Integration with Spark for Stream Processing
Building a Kafka-based Microservices Architecture
Data Ingestion using Kafka & Kafka Connect

Career Outcomes

High-Demand Kafka Roles in 2026

Apache Kafka skills are in critical demand as companies shift to event-driven microservices. Kafka engineers command premium salaries across fintech, e-commerce, and data platforms.

₹12–38L

India Avg LPA

$80K–$150K

USA Avg

40K+

Open Roles

Streaming Tech

Data Engineer

Design and maintain real-time data pipelines with Kafka as the backbone

₹12–22 LPA · $80K–$130K USA

Stream Processing Engineer

Build Kafka Streams & Flink applications for real-time analytics and ML pipelines

₹14–28 LPA · $95K–$150K USA

Data Platform Engineer

Own Kafka infrastructure — clusters, monitoring, scaling, and multi-cloud deployments

₹16–32 LPA · $100K–$155K USA

Event-Driven Architect

Design distributed systems and microservices architectures centred on Kafka

₹20–40 LPA · $120K–$175K USA

Master

Apache Kafka 2025

The Complete Kafka Skill Set

Course Curriculum

High-Demand Kafka Roles in 2026

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