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Event-Driven Architecture (Kafka)

Solution Components

kafka
kafka
event-driven
event-driven
streaming
streaming
microservices
microservices
real-time
real-time

Architecture Visual

%% Autogenerated event-driven-kafka graph TD classDef standard fill:#1e293b,stroke:#38bdf8,stroke-width:1px,color:#e5e7eb; classDef c-actor fill:#1e293b,stroke:#e5e7eb,stroke-width:1px,stroke-dasharray: 5 5,color:#e5e7eb; classDef c-compute fill:#422006,stroke:#fb923c,stroke-width:1px,color:#fed7aa; classDef c-database fill:#064e3b,stroke:#34d399,stroke-width:1px,color:#d1fae5; classDef c-network fill:#2e1065,stroke:#a855f7,stroke-width:1px,color:#f3e8ff; classDef c-storage fill:#450a0a,stroke:#f87171,stroke-width:1px,color:#fee2e2; classDef c-security fill:#450a0a,stroke:#f87171,stroke-width:1px,color:#fee2e2; classDef c-gateway fill:#2e1065,stroke:#a855f7,stroke-width:1px,color:#f3e8ff; classDef c-container fill:#422006,stroke:#facc15,stroke-width:1px,color:#fef9c3; subgraph kafka_infra ["Kafka Infrastructure"] direction TB kafka_cluster("<img src="/icons/inframap/compute.png" width="32" height="32" /><br/><b>Kafka Cluster</b><br/><i>service</i><br/><span style='font-size:0.8em'>3+ Brokers for HA</span>") class kafka_cluster c-compute zookeeper("<img src="/icons/inframap/compute.png" width="32" height="32" /><br/><b>ZooKeeper Ensemble</b><br/><i>service</i><br/><span style='font-size:0.8em'>Cluster coordination</span>") class zookeeper c-compute schema_registry("<img src="/icons/inframap/compute.png" width="32" height="32" /><br/><b>Schema Registry</b><br/><i>service</i><br/><span style='font-size:0.8em'>Avro/Protobuf schemas</span>") class schema_registry c-compute monitoring("<img src="/icons/inframap/compute.png" width="32" height="32" /><br/><b>Kafka Manager</b><br/><i>service</i><br/><span style='font-size:0.8em'>Cluster monitoring</span>") class monitoring c-compute end subgraph applications ["Applications"] direction TB producers(("<img src="/icons/inframap/user.png" width="32" height="32" /><br/><b>Event Producers</b><br/><i>actor</i><br/><span style='font-size:0.8em'>Microservices publishing event<br/>s</span>")) class producers c-actor stream_processors("<img src="/icons/inframap/compute.png" width="32" height="32" /><br/><b>Stream Processors</b><br/><i>service</i><br/><span style='font-size:0.8em'>Kafka Streams apps</span>") class stream_processors c-compute consumers("<img src="/icons/inframap/compute.png" width="32" height="32" /><br/><b>Event Consumers</b><br/><i>service</i><br/><span style='font-size:0.8em'>Microservices consuming events</span>") class consumers c-compute end %% Orphans %% Edges producers -.-> kafka_cluster kafka_cluster -.-> schema_registry kafka_cluster -.-> zookeeper stream_processors -.-> kafka_cluster consumers -.-> kafka_cluster monitoring -.-> kafka_cluster

Event-Driven Architecture (Kafka)

Event-driven architecture using Apache Kafka as the central message broker. This pattern enables real-time data streaming, event sourcing, and loosely coupled microservices communication.

Kafka provides high-throughput, fault-tolerant message streaming with strong ordering guarantees and replay capabilities. Schema Registry ensures data contract enforcement across producers and consumers.

Tech Stack

Component Technology
Messaging Apache Kafka
Registry Schema Registry
Processing Kafka Streams
Monitoring Kafka Manager

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