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Apache Kafka

Apache Kafka ek distributed event streaming platform hai. Simple language me: ye system…

Overview

Apache Kafka — Quick Facts

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Field: Value

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Type: Distributed event streaming /…

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Maintainer/Org: Apache Software Foundation (Not…

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License: Apache License (version Not…

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Overview

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Producer events publish karta hai

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Kafka cluster events store karta…

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Consumers events ko apni speed par…

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Why Kafka matters

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Multiple services ko same events…

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High volume data aata hai aur…

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Systems loosely-coupled rakhne…

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Core concepts

🎯 | Term | Simple meaning | |---|---| | Event/Message | Ek data record jo kuch “happened”…

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How it works (end-to-end)

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Ordering typically partition-level…

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Consumer apna offset track karta…

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Architecture & components

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Cluster: multiple brokers

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Brokers: storage + serving

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Metadata/Controller: cluster…

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Replication: durability ke liye…

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Common use-cases

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Event-driven microservices…

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Log aggregation (apps se central…

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Data pipelines (stream to…

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Real-time monitoring signals…

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Reliability & delivery semantics

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At-most-once

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At-least-once

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Exactly-once

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Security

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Authentication (who can connect?)

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Authorization (who can read/write…

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Encryption in transit (TLS)

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Open cluster exposure…

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Performance considerations

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Partitioning strategy (parallelism)

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Batching (producer/consumer)

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Compression (CPU vs network…

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Retention policy (storage cost vs…

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Observability

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Consumer lag (processing behind?)

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Throughput (events/sec)

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Error rates (timeouts/retries)

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Disk usage + retention impact

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Common mistakes

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Too few partitions → bottleneck

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Too many partitions → overhead

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Wrong assumptions about ordering

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Not planning for re-processing

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Comparison

⭐ | Aspect | Kafka | RabbitMQ | Apache Pulsar | |---|---|---|---| | Best known for | Event…

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Best known for: Event streaming +…

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Consumption model: Offsets/bookmarks

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Typical use: Data pipelines, event…

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Visual Flow

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Quiz — Question 1

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Apache Kafka

Apache Kafka — Quick Facts

Field: Value

Type: Distributed event streaming /…

Maintainer/Org: Apache Software Foundation (Not…

License: Apache License (version Not…

Overview

Producer events publish karta hai

Kafka cluster events store karta…

Consumers events ko apni speed par…

Why Kafka matters

Multiple services ko same events…

High volume data aata hai aur…

Systems loosely-coupled rakhne…

Core concepts

How it works (end-to-end)

Ordering typically partition-level…

Consumer apna offset track karta…

Architecture & components

Cluster: multiple brokers

Brokers: storage + serving

Metadata/Controller: cluster…

Replication: durability ke liye…

Common use-cases

Event-driven microservices…

Log aggregation (apps se central…

Data pipelines (stream to…

Real-time monitoring signals…

Reliability & delivery semantics

At-most-once

At-least-once

Exactly-once

Security

Authentication (who can connect?)

Authorization (who can read/write…

Encryption in transit (TLS)

Open cluster exposure…

Performance considerations

Partitioning strategy (parallelism)

Batching (producer/consumer)

Compression (CPU vs network…

Retention policy (storage cost vs…

Observability

Consumer lag (processing behind?)

Throughput (events/sec)

Error rates (timeouts/retries)

Disk usage + retention impact

Common mistakes

Too few partitions → bottleneck

Too many partitions → overhead

Wrong assumptions about ordering

Not planning for re-processing

Comparison

Comparison

Best known for: Event streaming +…

Consumption model: Offsets/bookmarks

Typical use: Data pipelines, event…

Visual Flow

See Also

Message queue

Pub_sub

Event-driven architecture

Distributed system

Microservices

API

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