Learn about Apache Kafka and its ecosystem in 20 minutes.

What is Apache Kafka?

Learn how Kafka works, get a strong understanding of the different components

Kafka Fundamentals

Understanding Kafka

Starting Kafka

Learn how to use Kafka Command Line Interface (CLI)

Kafka CLI Tutorials

How to interact with Kafka programmatically?

Kafka Programming Tutorials

Practice using Kafka

Kafka Advanced Concepts

Series of advanced tutorials on important Kafka administration subjects

Kafka Administration

Next Level Kafka

Context

Apache Kafka helps to solve many of the challenges associated with the integration of data from multiple different systems. This diagram shows how complex the flow of data can be when systems are not decoupled.

What is Apache Kafka Part 1 - Data Integration Challenges

Decoupling Different Data Systems

Apache Kafka provides an effective way for organisations to overcome data integration challenges by making it easy to decouple different systems

What is Apache Kafka Part 1 - Decoupling Different Data Systems

Apache Kafka allows for data from various different business applications and sources to flow into a real-time data pipeline that can process millions of events per second.

What is Apache Kafka Part 1 - Use Cases & Applications

What is Apache Kafka? Part 1

An introduction to Apache Kafka as a data event streaming system. This lesson covers the use cases, history and problems solved by Apache Kafka.

Apache Kafka helps to simplify the flow of data between different systems by providing a central pipeline that allows for the decoupling of systems. This diagram illustrates one of the core challenges that Apache Kafka helps to overcome.