If you’ve struggled setting up Kafka Security, or can’t make sense of the documentation, this course is for youFirst of all, an insecure cluster is a big problem: anyone can read / write to any topic, and this can lead to bad data or data leakyou don’t know who is connected to your clusterdata isn’t encrypted in flight and could be intercepted by hackersIn this course, you’ll learn Kafka Security, with Encryption (SSL), Authentication (SSL & SASL), and Authorization (ACL). Over 1800 students and 160 reviews later, we’re convinced this course can save you a lot of time-Kafka Security is important for the following reasons: Encryption (SSL) for Apache Kafka> Ensure data is securely transported from machine to machine> Prevent MIDM(man-in-the-middle attacks) on your Kafka Cluster> No more PLAINTEXT data going around in your networkAuthentication (SSL & SASL) for Apache Kafka> Ensure only clients with credentials can access your clusters> Give each of your clients a user-id, therefore enabling the possibility of controlling their access using ACLAuthorization (ACL) for Apache Kafka> Ensure the clients can only read / write topics based on administrator rules> Ensure clients cannot create / delete topics>Provide the audit team the guarantee that the cluster is secureHands On & TheoryBased CourseNote: This course only deals with SSL for encryption & Authentication and SASLKerberos, not other mechanisms. It alsodoes provide an overview to enable security in a multi-broker setup, but that last part is left for the student to investigate and practice. This course is the first and only available Kafka Security Courseon the web. Get it now to become an ApacheKafka expert! Section outline: Course Introduction: Let’s learn why we need Security in Apache KafkaKafka Setup: Quickly setup Kafka inAWS EC2 and test it, as a pre-requisite to setting up security on itSSL Encryption in Kafka: Setup a Certificate Authority and create certificates for your Kafka broker and Kafka clientSSL Authentication inKafka: Learn how to force clients to authenticate using SSLto connect to your Kafka ClusterSASLAuthentication - Kerberos GSSAPIinKafka: Setup Kerberos on an EC2 machine and create credentials for Kafka and Clients. Authorization in Kafka: Learn how to enforce ACLs in Kafka and use the CLIto authorize clients. Zookeeper Security: Learn how to secure Zookeeper using Kerberos===============================InstructorMy name is Stephane Maarek, and I’ll be your instructor in this course. I teach about Apache Kafka, the Kafka ecosystem and Kafka Certifications with my focus always on helping my students improve their professional proficiencies. I am also the co-founder of Conduktor: an enterprise Apache Kafka platform & UI to help everyone use Kafka. Throughout my career in designing and delivering these certifications and courses, I have already taught 1,000,000+ students and gotten 350,000+ reviews! GerdKoenig is one ofthe instructors of this course. He is an Apache Kafka Expert, and has done countless of production deployments and security setup at many of his clients. He will be taking the leads on all the Hands-On Lecture. With Apache Kafka becoming much more than a buzzword out there, I’ve decided it’s time for students to properly learn how to be a Kafka professional. So, lets kick start the course! You are in good hands!===============================This Course Also Comes With: Lifetime Access to All Future UpdatesA responsive instructor in the Q & A SectionLinks to interesting articles, and lots of good code to base your next applications ontoUdemy Certificate of Completion Ready for DownloadThis is the course that could improve your career! Apache Kafka is a skill in high demand and there are not enough people to fulfill all the open positions. You can boost your income, take on new roles and fun challenges. Many of my students are now the Kafka experts of their companies! You can be the next!I hope to see you inside the course!=======================Note: Looking for more advanced Kafka concepts? There are many volumes in the Apache Kafka Series: Learn Kafka for Beginners v2 (great to start)Kafka Connect Hands-On LearningKafka Streams for Data ProcessingKSQL on ksqlDB - Hands On! Kafka Cluster Setup & AdministrationConfluent Schema Registry & Kafka REST ProxyKafka Security (SSL SASL ACL)Kafka Monitoring and OperationsHappy learning!
