Apache Kafka Series - Kafka Security | SSL SASL Kerberos ACL

If you've struggled setting up Kafka Security, or can't make sense of the documentation, this course is for you

First of all, an insecure cluster is a big problem:

• anyone can read / write to any topic, and this can lead to bad data or data leak

• you don't know who is connected to your cluster

• data isn't encrypted in flight and could be intercepted by hackers

In this course, you'll learn Kafka Security, with Encryption (SSL), Authentication (SSL & SASL), and Authorization (ACL).

Over 1800 students and 160 reviews later, we're convinced this course can save you a lot of time.

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Kafka Security is important for the following reasons:

Encryption (SSL) for Apache Kafka

> Ensure data is securely transported from machine to machine
> Prevent MIDM (man-in-the-middle attacks) on your Kafka Cluster
> No more PLAINTEXT data going around in your network

Authentication (SSL & SASL) for Apache Kafka 

> Ensure only clients with credentials can access your clusters
> Give each of your clients a user-id, therefore enabling the possibility of controlling their access using ACL

Authorization (ACL) for Apache Kafka

> Ensure the clients can only read / write topics based on administrator rules
> Ensure clients cannot create / delete topics
> Provide the audit team the guarantee that the cluster is secure

Hands On & Theory Based Course

Note: This course only deals with SSL for encryption & Authentication and SASL Kerberos, not other mechanisms. It also does provide an overview to enable security in a multi-broker setup, but that last part is left for the student to investigate and practice. 

This course is the first and only available Kafka Security Course on the web. Get it now to become an Apache Kafka expert!

Section outline:

1. Course Introduction: Let's learn why we need Security in Apache Kafka

2. Kafka Setup: Quickly setup Kafka in AWS EC2 and test it, as a pre-requisite to setting up security on it

3. SSL Encryption in Kafka: Setup a Certificate Authority and create certificates for your Kafka broker and Kafka client

4. SSL Authentication in Kafka: Learn how to force clients to authenticate using SSL to connect to your Kafka Cluster

5. SASL Authentication - Kerberos GSSAPI in Kafka: Setup Kerberos on an EC2 machine and create credentials for Kafka and Clients. 

6. Authorization in Kafka: Learn how to enforce ACLs in Kafka and use the CLI to authorize clients. 

7. Zookeeper Security: Learn how to secure Zookeeper using Kerberos

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Instructor

My name is Stephane Maarek, and I'll be your instructor in this course. I teach about Apache Kafka, the Kafka ecosystem and Kafka Certifications with my focus always on helping my students improve their professional proficiencies. I am also the co-founder of Conduktor: an enterprise Apache Kafka platform & UI to help everyone use Kafka.

Throughout my career in designing and delivering these certifications and courses, I have already taught 1,000,000+ students and gotten 350,000+ reviews!

Gerd Koenig is one of the instructors of this course. He is an Apache Kafka Expert, and has done countless of production deployments and security setup at many of his clients. He will be taking the leads on all the Hands-On Lecture. 

With Apache Kafka becoming much more than a buzzword out there, I've decided it's time for students to properly learn how to be a Kafka professional. So, let’s kick start the course! You are in good hands!

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This Course Also Comes With:

• Lifetime Access to All Future Updates

• A responsive instructor in the Q&A Section

• Links to interesting articles, and lots of good code to base your next applications onto

• Udemy Certificate of Completion Ready for Download

This is the course that could improve your career!

Apache Kafka is a skill in high demand and there are not enough people to fulfill all the open positions. You can boost your income, take on new roles and fun challenges. Many of my students are now the Kafka experts of their companies! You can be the next!

I hope to see you inside the course!

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Note: Looking for more advanced Kafka concepts? There are many volumes in the Apache Kafka Series:

• Learn Kafka for Beginners v2 (great to start)

• Kafka Connect Hands-On Learning

• Kafka Streams for Data Processing

• KSQL on ksqlDB - Hands On!

• Kafka Cluster Setup & Administration

• Confluent Schema Registry & Kafka REST Proxy

• Kafka Security (SSL SASL ACL)

• Kafka Monitoring and Operations

Happy learning!