Advanced Features of Akka


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level



Overview/Description
The full capabilities of Akka come from the ability to scale using clustering and networking. In this course, you will learn how to build, manage, and configure a cluster, manage network communication within an application, and use advanced utilities.

Target Audience
Java or Scala software developers interested in building highly scalable and performant applications

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
2.4

Lesson Objectives

Advanced Features of Akka

  • start the course
  • describe the advantages of clusters and how they work
  • create a cluster and actors that can join its nodes
  • manage and remove cluster members
  • subscribe actors to cluster events
  • distribute actors across nodes using cluster sharding
  • publish and send messages to members
  • communicate with cluster members from outside the cluster using cluster client
  • create routers that monitor or deploy routes on cluster nodes
  • use Cluster Metrics Extension to monitor cluster health and perform load balancing
  • manage clusters using a JMX console or command lines
  • monitor and manage actors remotely and enhance remote security
  • use serialization to convert objects to and retrieve objects from simple byte data
  • describe the Akka I/O implementation
  • create and manage connections using TCP
  • use the Akka-Camel module to send and receive messages
  • use the event stream to publish events
  • set up logging within an Akka application
  • use the scheduler to create future events
  • use circuit breakers to avoid "hanging" applications caused by nonresponsive services
  • create extensions to add your own features to Akka
  • use Akka along with Sprint or any other JEE application
  • use Akka along with Play framework as a service backend
  • separate Akka message into its own module, group actors into modules, and deploy those modules independently
  • implement continuous integration and deploy large-scale Akka-based applications
  • create a clustered Akka application including logging and event subscription
  • Course Number:
    sd_akka_a02_it_enus

    Expertise Level
    Intermediate