pache Kafka is an open-source distributed event streaming platform designed to

handle high-throughput, real-time data streams. It acts as a messaging system where

producers send messages (events) to topics, and consumers read these messages,
making Kafka a powerful tool for building data pipelines, streaming applications,
and event-driven architectures.
Key Concepts in Kafka:

Producer:
Sends messages to Kafka topics.
Messages can include anything: logs, metrics, sensor data, or customer
transactions.

Consumer:
Reads messages from topics.
Consumers can process and act on the messages, such as storing them in
databases or triggering alerts.

Broker:
Kafka runs on a cluster of brokers, which are the servers that store and
serve messages.
The cluster ensures high availability and scalability by distributing data
across multiple brokers.

Topic:
A logical channel where producers send messages.
Each topic is divided into partitions for scalability. Multiple consumers
can read from a single topic in parallel.

Partition:
A topic can have multiple partitions to distribute data and load.
Each message within a partition is given a unique offset to ensure correct
ordering.

Consumer Group:
A group of consumers working together to read from a topic.
Kafka ensures that each message is processed by **only