The CAP theorem states that a distributed data store (database) can only guarantee 2 of the 3 following: consistency, availability, and partition tolerance. What is Consistency? Consistency means that all…
Apache Hadoop is a core big data technology. Running Hadoop on Docker is a great way to get up and running quickly. Below are the basic steps to create a…
When working with Apache Kafka you might want to write data from a Kafka topic to a local text file. This is actually very easy to do with Kafka Connect.…
When working with Kafka you might need to write data from a local file to a Kafka topic. This is actually very easy to do with Kafka Connect. Kafka Connect…
When working with Kafka you might find yourself using the kafka-console-producer (kafka-console-producer.sh). The kafka-console-producer is a program included with Kafka that creates messages from command line input (STDIN). However, simply…
Apache Kafka is a fault tolerant publish-subscribe streaming platform that lets you process streams of records as they occur. If you haven’t installed Kafka yet, see our Kafka Quickstart Tutorial…
Apache Kafka is a fault tolerant publish-subscribe streaming platform that lets you process streams of records as they occur. If you haven’t installed Kafka yet, see our Kafka Quickstart Tutorial…