Serverless Data Processing with Dataflow
Overview
This training is intended for big data practitioners who want to further their understanding of Dataflow in order to advance their data processing applications. Beginning with foundations, this training explains how Apache Beam and Dataflow work together to meet your data processing needs without the risk of vendor lock-in. The section on developing pipelines covers how you convert your business logic into data processing applications that can run on Dataflow. This training culminates with a focus on operations, which reviews the most important lessons for operating a data application on Dataflow, including monitoring, troubleshooting, testing, and reliability.
What You'll Learn
- Demonstrate how Apache Beam and Dataflow work together to fulfill your organization's data processing needs
- Summarize the benefits of the Beam Portability Framework and enable it for your Dataflow pipelines
- Enable Shuffle and Streaming Engine, for batch and streaming pipelines respectively, for maximum performance
- Enable Flexible Resource Scheduling for more cost-efficient performance
- Select the right combination of IAM permissions for your Dataflow job
- Implement best practices for a secure data processing environment
- Select and tune the I/O of your choice for your Dataflow pipeline
- Use schemas to simplify your Beam code and improve the performance of your pipeline
- Develop a Beam pipeline using SQL and DataFrames
- Perform monitoring, troubleshooting, testing and CI/CD on Dataflow pipelines
Who Should Attend
Data Engineer. Data Analysts and Data Scientists aspiring to develop Data Engineering skills.
Prerequisites
Completed "Building Batch Data Pipelines". Completed "Building Resilient Streaming Analytics Systems".
Products Covered
Course Modules
Introduction
Topics
- Course Introduction
- Beam and Dataflow Refresher
Learning Outcomes
- Introduce the course objectives
- Demonstrate how Apache Beam and Dataflow work together to fulfill your organization's data processing needs
Beam Portability
Topics
- Beam Portability
- Runner v2
- Container Environments
- Cross-Language Transforms
Learning Outcomes
- Summarize the benefits of the Beam Portability Framework
- Customize the data processing environment of your pipeline using custom containers
- Review use cases for cross-language transformations
- Enable the Portability framework for your Dataflow pipelines
Activities
Separating Compute and Storage with Dataflow
Topics
- Dataflow Shuffle Service
- Dataflow Streaming Engine
- Flexible Resource Scheduling
Learning Outcomes
- Enable Shuffle and Streaming Engine, for batch and streaming pipelines respectively, for maximum performance
- Enable Flexible Resource Scheduling for more cost-efficient performance
Activities
IAM, Quotas, and Permissions
Topics
- IAM
- Quota
Learning Outcomes
- Select the right combination of IAM permissions for your Dataflow job
- Determine your capacity needs by inspecting the relevant quotas for your Dataflow jobs
Activities
Security
Topics
- Data Locality
- Shared VPC
- Private IPs
- CMEK
Learning Outcomes
- Select your zonal data processing strategy using Dataflow, depending on your data locality needs
- Implement best practices for a secure data processing environment
Activities
Beam Concepts Review
Topics
- Beam Basics
- Utility Transforms
- DoFn Lifecycle
Learning Outcomes
- Review main Apache Beam concepts (Pipeline, PCollections, PTransforms, Runner, reading/writing, Utility PTransforms, side inputs), bundles and DoFn Lifecycle
Activities
Windows, Watermarks, Triggers
Topics
- Windows
- Watermarks
- Triggers
Learning Outcomes
- Implement logic to handle your late data
- Review different types of triggers
- Review core streaming concepts (unbounded PCollections, windows)
Activities
Sources and Sinks
Topics
- Sources and Sinks
- Text IO and File IO
- BigQuery IO
- PubSub IO
- Kafka IO
- Bigtable IO
- Avro IO
- Splittable DoFn
Learning Outcomes
- Write the I/O of your choice for your Dataflow pipeline
- Tune your source/sink transformation for maximum performance
- Create custom sources and sinks using SDF
Activities
Schemas
Topics
- Beam Schemas
- Code Examples
Learning Outcomes
- Introduce schemas, which give developers a way to express structured data in their Beam pipelines
- Use schemas to simplify your Beam code and improve the performance of your pipeline
Activities
State and Timers
Topics
- State API
- Timer API
- Summary
Learning Outcomes
- Identify use cases for state and timer API implementations
- Select the right type of state and timers for your pipeline
Activities
Best Practices
Topics
- Schemas
- Handling unprocessable Data
- Error Handling
- AutoValue Code Generator
- JSON Data Handling
- Utilize DoFn Lifecycle
- Pipeline Optimizations
Learning Outcomes
- Implement best practices for Dataflow pipelines
Activities
Dataflow SQL and DataFrames
Topics
- Dataflow and Beam SQL
- Windowing in SQL
- Beam DataFrames
Learning Outcomes
- Develop a Beam pipeline using SQL and DataFrames
Activities
Beam Notebooks
Topics
- Beam Notebooks
Learning Outcomes
- Prototype your pipeline in Python using Beam notebooks
- Launch a job to Dataflow from a notebook
Activities
Monitoring
Topics
- Job List
- Job Info
- Job Graph
- Job Metrics
- Metrics Explorer
Learning Outcomes
- Navigate the Dataflow Job Details UI
- Interpret Job Metrics charts to diagnose pipeline regressions
- Set alerts on Dataflow jobs using Cloud Monitoring
Activities
Logging and Error Reporting
Topics
- Logging
- Error Reporting
Learning Outcomes
- Use the Dataflow logs and diagnostics widgets to troubleshoot pipeline issues
Activities
Troubleshooting and Debug
Topics
- Troubleshooting Workflow
- Types of Troubles
Learning Outcomes
- Use a structured approach to debug your Dataflow pipelines
- Examine common causes for pipeline failures
Activities
Performance
Topics
- Pipeline Design
- Data Shape
- Source, Sinks, and External Systems
- Shuffle and Streaming Engine
Learning Outcomes
- Understand performance considerations for pipelines
- Consider how the shape of your data can affect pipeline performance
Activities
Testing and CI/CD
Topics
- Testing and CI/CD Overview
- Unit Testing
- Integration Testing
- Artifact Building
- Deployment
Learning Outcomes
- Testing approaches for your Dataflow pipeline
- Review frameworks and features available to streamline your CI/CD workflow for Dataflow pipelines
Activities
Reliability
Topics
- Introduction to Reliability
- Monitoring
- Geolocation
- Disaster Recovery
- High Availability
Learning Outcomes
- Implement reliability best practices for your Dataflow pipelines
Activities
Flex Templates
Topics
- Classic Templates
- Flex Templates
- Using Flex Templates
- Google-provided Templates
Learning Outcomes
- Using flex templates to standardize and reuse Dataflow pipeline code
Activities
Summary
Topics
- Summary
Learning Outcomes
- Quick recap of training topics
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Course Details
- Course Code
- T-SDPDF-A
- Duration
- 3 days
- Format
- ILT
- Level
- Advanced
- Modules
- 21
- Activities
- 21
- Price
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