Fundamentals of Amazon MSK (Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Duration: 1 minute and 53 seconds

Students: 2,511

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This brief lesson covers the fundamentals of Amazon MSK, including what the service is, how it works, and how to provision an Amazon MSK cluster. You will also be guided through how Amazon MSK fits into a functional architecture.

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Learning Objectives

Learn about the Amazon MSK service and how it works
Learn how to provision an MSK cluster
Understand how Amazon MSK fits into a functional architecture

Intended Audience

This lecture is perfect for anyone with no previous knowledge of Amazon MSK, who wants to learn more about the service, as well as those who are interested in taking the AWS Certified Data Analytics - Specialty (DAS-C01) Certification.

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this lesson, you should have a basic general understanding of cloud computing, preferably with Amazon Web Services experience. It would also be beneficial to have some basic knowledge of streaming data services such as Amazon Kinesis and Apache Kafka.

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