Apache Kafka is a distributed streaming platform used by thousands of companies for numerous batch as well as real-time data integration and data streaming use cases. Kafka is used by thousands of companies across the world, and its popularity and usage is increasing exponentially. As a result, the demand for people (developers, architects, devops engineers, product managers, project managers, etc.) with knowledge of Kafka is increasing every day. You can build, and grow up, in your career by learning this awesome technology. In this beginner level course you will learn the basics of kafka, setup Kafka in your local machine, use Kafka commands to create and interact with Kafka components, program Kafka in Java using Kafka API, and will setup Kafka cluster and review server failure scenarios. By the end of this course you will be able to work with kafka in real-world environments. Plus this course will also help you ace your Kafka interviews! In this course - You will learn about the architecture of Kafka, core concepts of Kafka, andthe key components of Kafka. You will learn about Kafka clusters, Kafka brokers, Kafka topics, Kafka partitions, Kafka messages, Kafka producers, Kafka consumers, and Kafka consumer groups. You will setup Kafka in your local environment, and use Kafka CLIto create and interact with the key components of Kafka. You will install IntelliJ Java IDE, and will program Kafka producers and Kafka consumers using Java programming language. You will create a multi-broker Kafka cluster in your local environmentYou will look into broker failure scenarios. By the end of this course - you will be able to work with Kafka in real-world environments and use-cases. Thank You! And hope to see you in the course.