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Kafka Connect Fundamentals

This course is a technical introduction to Kafka Connect and how to use it to quickly transfer data in and out of the Apache Kafka ecosystem, to and from common data systems like databases, key-value stores, search indexes, and file systems.

Bogdan Sucaciu - Pluralsight course - Kafka Connect Fundamentals
by Bogdan Sucaciu

What you'll learn

You may be wondering why the word "Connect" has suddenly sprung up next to "Kafka". Isn’t Kafka a Distributed Streaming Platform? Well, Kafka is more than that. Apache Kafka is an entire ecosystem and Kafka Connect is a part of it. In this course, Kafka Connect Fundamentals, you will gain the ability to create your own real-time ETL pipelines from and to Apache Kafka. First, you will learn what the ETL model is and how to set up your own ETL pipeline using Kafka Connect. Next, you will discover the inner details of Kafka Connect by exploring its architecture. Finally, you will explore how to successfully manage your Kafka Connect installation in a production environment. When you are finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge of Kafka Connect needed to set up, build, and maintain your own Kafka Connect installation.

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About the author

Bogdan Sucaciu - Pluralsight course - Kafka Connect Fundamentals
Bogdan Sucaciu

Bogdan Sucaciu is a Software Engineer at Axual in The Netherlands, where he is taking part in building a Streaming Platform designed to share information in real-time, enabling instant processing of incoming events. He has several years of experience "cooking" software with JVM-based languages, some flavors of web technologies and garnishing with automated testing.

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