As web applications gain global visibility, companies need to focus more on maintaining quick response, reduce downtime and predictable results. In this course, Storing and Managing Data with Redis and Apache Kafka on Heroku, you’ll learn how to leverage Apache Kafka and Redis as a messaging and caching solution on Heroku platform. First, you’ll explore the basics of Apache Kafka and understand its architecture. Next, you’ll discover how Kafka can be provisioned as a service on Heroku, and deploy and monitor a messaging application. Finally, you’ll learn the basics of Redis and its architecture and finally you will explore how Redis can be provisioned as an add-on on Heroku platform and deploy an application. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of leveraging Heroku platform in deploying applications using Apache Kafka and Redis needed to design and architect a distributed web application that is scalable, reliable, and highly available.
Author Name: Saravanan Dhandapani
Author Description:
I have worked in IT design, development, and architecture for over a decade for some of the top fortune 100 companies. I have designed and architected enterprise applications and developed scalable and portable software. I am a Google Certified Professional Architect. Critical areas where I have worked are architecture and design using Java, ESB, Tomcat, ReactJS, JavaScript, Linux, Oracle, SVN, GIT, and so on, and cloud technologies, including AWS and GCP.

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
  1min
• Apache Kafka on Heroku
  19mins
• Connect, Manage, and Monitor Apache Kafka on Heroku
  19mins
• Share and Troubleshoot Apache Kafka on Heroku
  19mins
• Provision and Connect Heroku Redis
  18mins
• Manage, Monitor, and Migrate Heroku Redis
  18mins
• Share and Upgrade Heroku Redis
  17mins