Kafka reference guide

A list of curated resources related to the Apache Kafka ecosystem. It's currently a work-in-progress.

Operations

Tools

• Consumer Offset Checker
• Log Viewer
• JMX Metrics Viewer
• Mirror Maker
• Simple Consumer Shell
• Verify Consumer Rebalance

Configuration

• Apache Kafka: Broker Config
• Apache Kafka: Producer Config
• Apache Kafka: Consumer Config
• Apache Kafka: Connect Config
• Apache Kafka: Streams Config
• Apache Kafka: Admin Config

Insightful blog posts

• Event Driven 2.0
• Exactly-once Support in Apache Kafka
• Introducing Kafka Streams: Stream Processing Made Simple
• Introducing KSQL: Open Source Streaming SQL for Apache Kafka
• Should You Put Several Event Types in the Same Kafka Topic?

Blog websites

• Martin Kleppmann

Must-read books

• Kafka: The Definite Guide
• Designing Data-intensive Aplications