Corporate VMware Tanzu RabbitMQ - Install, Configure, Manage Training Course

1. Benefits of messaging and asynchronous systems

1. Enhanced scalability and responsiveness
2. Decoupling components improves system reliability
3. Microservices architecture enables modular development

2. Why isn't JMS enough?

1. Cross-platform compatibility limitations
2. Lack of standardization in message protocols
3. Inadequate support for advanced messaging patterns

3. Introduction to AMQP

1. AMQP's robust protocol ensures reliable message delivery
2. Standardized format fosters interoperability
3. Support for advanced messaging features

1. Product description and main capabilities

1. Overview of RabbitMQ as a high-performance message broker
2. Key capabilities, including message queuing, routing, and reliability features

2. Installation, directory structure, and configuration

1. Step-by-step guide for installing RabbitMQ on various platforms
2. Understanding RabbitMQ's directory structure and configuration files
3. Configuring RabbitMQ settings for optimal performance

3. Durability with the Mnesia database

1. Utilizing the Mnesia database for message persistence
2. Ensuring message durability and recovery in RabbitMQ
3. Optimizing Mnesia settings for enhanced durability and reliability

4. Basic administration

1. Introduction to basic administrative tasks such as user management and queue monitoring
2. Performing routine administrative tasks to ensure the smooth operation of RabbitMQ

5. Web management console

1. Exploring the RabbitMQ web management interface for monitoring and managing RabbitMQ instances
2. Utilizing the web console for administrative tasks such as monitoring queues and connections

6. Multitenancy with virtual hosts

1. Configuring and managing virtual hosts to segregate messaging environments
2. Implementing multitenancy to support multiple isolated environments within RabbitMQ

7. Logging with the firehose tracer

1. Understanding the firehose tracer plugin for comprehensive logging in RabbitMQ
2. Configuring and analyzing logs generated by the firehose tracer for debugging and monitoring purposes

1. Clients (Java, C#, Python, Ruby, etc.)

1. Overview of client libraries for various programming languages
2. Exploring the features and capabilities of RabbitMQ clients in different languages
3. Integrating RabbitMQ clients into applications for message communication

2. Focus on the Java client

1. Understanding the Java client for RabbitMQ integration
2. Leveraging Java client features for publishing and consuming messages
3. Implementing RabbitMQ functionality in Java applications using the client library

3. Publishing and consuming messages

1. Implementing message publishing and consumption functionalities using RabbitMQ clients
2. Configuring message producers and consumers for efficient communication
3. Handling message acknowledgments and delivery confirmations

4. Managing AMQP resources

1. Techniques for managing AMQP resources such as queues, exchanges, and bindings
2. Creating, deleting, and configuring AMQP resources programmatically
3. Optimizing resource management for improved system performance

5. AMQP routing with exchanges and queues

1. Understanding the role of exchanges and queues in message routing
2. Configuring exchange types and bindings for different routing scenarios
3. Implementing advanced routing patterns using RabbitMQ's routing capabilities

6. Higher level abstractions (Spring AMQP & Integration, Pika)

1. Overview of higher-level abstractions provided by frameworks like Spring AMQP and Pika
2. Simplifying RabbitMQ integration using Spring AMQP and Integration frameworks
3. Leveraging Pika for Python-based RabbitMQ integration tasks

7. Messaging patterns

1. Introduction to common messaging patterns such as publish/subscribe, request/reply, and point-to-point messaging
2. Implementing messaging patterns using RabbitMQ clients and features
3. Designing efficient messaging architectures based on established patterns

1. Durable queues and exchanges

1. Understanding the concept of durability in RabbitMQ for queues and exchanges
2. Configuring queues and exchanges to survive broker restarts
3. Ensuring message persistence across system failures by making queues and exchanges durable

2. Persistent messages

1. Implementing message persistence in RabbitMQ for reliable message delivery
2. Configuring messages to survive broker restarts and system failures
3. Ensuring message durability through the use of persistent message properties

3. AMQP and JMS transactions

1. Understanding transactional messaging in RabbitMQ using AMQP and JMS standards
2. Implementing atomic message processing with transactional semantics
3. Ensuring message integrity and consistency through transaction management

4. AMQP acknowledgments

1. Implementing message acknowledgments in RabbitMQ to ensure message delivery
2. Configuring message acknowledgments for reliable message processing
3. Handling message acknowledgments to prevent message loss or duplication

5. Dead lettering

1. Understanding the concept of dead letter queues in RabbitMQ for handling undeliverable messages
2. Configuring dead letter exchanges and queues to redirect failed messages
3. Implementing dead lettering to manage message processing errors effectively

6. Multiple transactional resources

1. Managing transactions involving multiple resources in RabbitMQ
2. Coordinating transactions across queues, exchanges, and external systems
3. Implementing distributed transactions for complex messaging scenarios

1. Scalable messaging architecture through clustering

1. Exploring the benefits of clustering in RabbitMQ
2. Understanding how clustering enhances message throughput and fault tolerance
3. Designing a scalable messaging architecture using RabbitMQ clusters

2. Creating a cluster

1. A step-by-step guide to creating a RabbitMQ cluster for distributed messaging
2. Configuring nodes to join a cluster and form a cohesive messaging infrastructure
3. Ensuring proper cluster formation and communication among nodes

3. Disk vs. RAM nodes

1. Understanding the difference between disk and RAM nodes in RabbitMQ clusters
2. Configuring disk and RAM nodes based on performance and durability requirements
3. Optimizing node configuration for efficient resource utilization and message persistence

4. Administration of a cluster

1. Performing administrative tasks on RabbitMQ clusters to ensure smooth operation
2. Monitoring cluster health and performance metrics
3. Managing cluster nodes, users, and permissions for secure and efficient operation

5. Network partitions

1. Understanding network partitions and their impact on RabbitMQ clusters
2. Implementing strategies to mitigate the effects of network partitions on cluster communication

1. Cluster node failures and consequences

1. Identification of cluster node failure causes
2. Understanding the impact of node failures
3. Strategies to mitigate node failure consequences

2. Mirrored queues

1. Configuration of mirrored queues for high availability
2. Replication of messages across cluster nodes
3. Ensuring message delivery and durability

3. Slave synchronization

1. Data synchronization between master and slave nodes
2. Role of slave nodes in maintaining high availability
3. Efficient synchronization mechanisms

4. Client failover handling

1. Implementation of client failover mechanisms
2. Detection and handling of client disconnects or failures
3. Configuration of client libraries for automatic failover

1. RabbitMQ plugins introduction

1. Overview of RabbitMQ plugins and their functionalities
2. Understanding the role of plugins in extending RabbitMQ's capabilities
3. Installation and management of RabbitMQ plugins

2. LDAP authentication

1. Configuring LDAP authentication for RabbitMQ
2. Integration of LDAP with RabbitMQ user authentication
3. Ensuring secure access control using LDAP authentication

3. Shovel

1. Utilizing the Shovel plugin for data replication between RabbitMQ brokers
2. Configuration of Shovel for efficient message routing and distribution
3. Ensuring message reliability and fault tolerance with Shovel

4. Federation

1. Understanding the Federation plugin for cross-datacenter messaging
2. Configuration of Federation for distributed messaging architectures
3. Achieving high availability and fault tolerance with the Federation

5. Shovel vs federation

1. Comparison of Shovel and Federation plugins
2. Understanding the strengths and limitations of each plugin

6. STOMP

1. Introduction to the STOMP protocol and its support in RabbitMQ
2. Configuring STOMP for interoperability with non-AMQP clients

Module 8: Performance

1. Impacts of configuration and client code options on performance

1. Analyzing the effects of configuration settings on RabbitMQ performance
2. Understanding how client code design choices influence messaging performance
3. Optimizing configurations and code to enhance RabbitMQ performance

2. Flow control

1. Understanding the concept of flow control in RabbitMQ
2. Implementing flow control mechanisms to regulate message traffic
3. Ensuring smooth operation and stability of RabbitMQ clusters through effective flow control

1. Virtual hosts, users, and access control

1. Configuring virtual hosts to isolate messaging environments
2. Managing users and permissions for access control in RabbitMQ
3. Implementing granular access control policies to enforce security requirements

2. Authentication

1. Implementing authentication mechanisms for user verification in RabbitMQ
2. Configuring authentication backends such as LDAP or OAuth

3. Secured communication

1. Encrypting communication channels to protect data in transit
2. Configuring SSL/TLS for secure communication between RabbitMQ nodes and clients

1. Disk, firewall, heartbeat tuning

1. Tuning disk, firewall, and heartbeat settings for optimal RabbitMQ performance
2. Configuring disk and firewall settings to ensure data integrity and security
3. Adjusting heartbeat settings to maintain cluster stability and responsiveness

2. Monitoring

1. Implementing monitoring solutions to track RabbitMQ cluster health and performance
2. Utilizing monitoring tools to identify bottlenecks and optimize resource usage
3. Setting up alerts and notifications for proactive system maintenance

3. Management API

1. Leveraging RabbitMQ's Management API for administrative tasks and monitoring
2. Automating management tasks using API endpoints for increased efficiency
3. Integrating Management API with monitoring and orchestration tools for centralized management

4. Support for third-party monitoring tools

1. Integrating RabbitMQ with third-party monitoring tools for comprehensive system monitoring
2. Configuring monitoring tool integrations to collect RabbitMQ metrics and logs

1. Introduction to Spring

1. Overview of the Spring framework and its features
2. Understanding the benefits of using Spring for application development

2. Spring AMQP overview

1. Introduction to Spring AMQP and its integration with RabbitMQ
2. Exploring Spring AMQP's features for building robust messaging applications

3. Spring’s AMQP template

1. Using Spring's AMQP template for simplified RabbitMQ interaction
2. Configuring AMQP template settings for customized messaging behavior
3. Leveraging AMQP template methods for message publishing and consumption

4. Configuring AMQP Resources using Spring

1. Configuring RabbitMQ resources such as queues and exchanges using Spring
2. Implementing advanced configurations for message routing and processing
3. Ensuring consistency and reliability in message handling with Spring configuration

5. Sending and receiving messages

1. Implementing message sending and receiving functionality using Spring AMQP
2. Handling message reception and processing in Spring-managed applications
3. Testing message-driven applications using Spring's testing utilities