Deploying and Running Apache Kafka on Kubernetes

Learn about how to deploy Apache Kafka on Kubernetes. Explore the features and configuration options essential to a successful deployment.

Introduction

• Introduction to this course

1. Running a Kafka Cluster on the Command Line

• Running Apache Kafka on the command line
• Sending Apache Kafka events

2. Deploying an Apache Kafka Cluster to Kubernetes

• Apache Kafka brokers and their identity
• Kubernetes StatefulSets for brokers
• Installing Docker and Kubernetes
• Deploying an Apache Kafka StatefulSet

3. Gaining Access to Apache Kafka

• Listeners and advertised listeners
• Multi-broker Apache Kafka cluster in containers
• Multi-broker Apache Kafka cluster on Kubernetes in theory
• Multi-broker Apache Kafka cluster on Kubernetes in practice
• Deploying ZooKeeper

4. Keeping Apache Kafka on Kubernetes Healthy

• Health probes in Kubernetes
• Readiness probes in Kubernetes
• Configuring Apache Kafka health
• Configuring Apache Kafka readiness

5. Apache Kafka on Kubernetes in Production

• High availability in Kubernetes
• Automation for deploying Apache Kafka on Kubernetes
• Deploying Apache Kafka with Strimzi Operators