This is a self-paced lab that takes place in the Google Cloud console. In this lab, you create a streaming data pipeline with Kafka providing you a hands-on look at the Kafka Streams API. You will run a Java application that uses the Kafka Streams library by showcasing a simple end-to-end data pipeline powered by Apache.
Creating a Streaming Data Pipeline With Apache Kafka
Creating a Streaming Data Pipeline With Apache Kafka
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45 minutes
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What you'll learn
Start a Kafka cluster on a Compute Engine single machine
Write example input data to a Kafka topic, using the console producer included in Kafka
Process the input data with a Java application called WordCount that uses the Kafka Streams library
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KA
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Reviewed on Aug 11, 2022
it is a straight forware crash course I hope there will be more of kafka streamming and more pratical labs
RR
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Reviewed on Jun 15, 2022
It should be designed for catering unbounded streaming data, instead of just producing a txt file for Word Count.
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