This course helps you learn Kafka administration, Kafka monitoring, Kafka operations, and Kafka upgrades. It covers the following topics: Administration for Apache Kafka o Setup UI tools such as Kafka Manager, Zoo Navigator, and Kafka Monitor to get a full view of your cluster o Understand basic operations you can perform with these tools Monitoring for Apache Kafka o A Kafka that is not monitored is a ticking time-bomb. o Set up proper monitoring for Kafka and Zookeeper o Store your metrics in Prometheus and visualize them in Grafana Operations for Apache Kafka o Perform the most common and difficult operations in your Apache Kafka cluster o Roll-restart your brokers in only one command o Update Kafka configurations safely with no downtime o Rebalance partitions and change the replication factor of your topics o Add, replace, and remove brokers. Upgrades for Apache Kafka o Understand the subtlety of upgrading a Kafka cluster o Step-by-step explanations on upgrading a cluster with no downtime All the code files are placed at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Apache-Kafka-Series---Kafka-Monitoring-and-Operations