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Message Queues & Streaming

Message Queues & Streaming turns Kafka, RabbitMQ, Amazon SQS into practical infrastructure skill for reliable production systems.

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Prerequisites

Distributed Systems

Key Concepts & Skills

Kafka
RabbitMQ
Amazon SQS
Apache Pulsar
Operate Kafka in production-like environments
Connect RabbitMQ to infrastructure workflows
Troubleshoot failures with repeatable runbooks
Document operational tradeoffs and risks

Learning Outcomes

Explain how Message Queues & Streaming impacts reliability and delivery
Build or configure a lab around Kafka
Identify common failure modes and mitigation strategies

Resources

Official Docs

Kafka docs RabbitMQ tutorials Amazon SQS docs

Practice Exercises

Complete a hands-on lab for Kafka.Write a troubleshooting checklist for Kafka and RabbitMQ.Automate one repeatable DevOps task connected to this topic.

Project Task

Run a message queues & streaming lab in a local or cloud sandbox.

Quiz

What is the first production failure you would expect in Message Queues & Streaming, and how would you detect it?Explain the answer with one real-world example.List one mistake a beginner might make here.

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