Advanced Features of Akka from Skillsoft

Online, Self-Paced

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.

Learning Objectives

Clustering

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

Advanced Clustering

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

Other Network Features

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

Akka Utilities

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

Practice: Akka Clusters