README.md

REST API with Golang, Gin, Kafka, and Aerospike

This repository contains a microservices-based application demonstrating a REST API built with Golang and Gin. It leverages Kafka for messaging and Aerospike as the NoSQL database. Docker Compose is used to orchestrate the application components.

Features

• Golang REST API: Implements HTTP endpoints using the Gin framework.
• Aerospike Integration: Persistent data storage with high performance.
• Kafka for Messaging:
  • Producer and consumer microservices for event-driven architecture.
  • Configured with a Zookeeper-backed Kafka setup.
• UI Tools:
  • Kafka UI for managing topics and messages.
  • Aerospike Data Browser for viewing and managing Aerospike data.
• Scalable Consumer: Kafka consumer service with configurable replicas.

Services

1. Zookeeper: Kafka dependency for managing brokers.
2. Kafka: Message broker with support for topics and partitions.
3. Aerospike: NoSQL database for data persistence.
4. API: Golang REST API exposing application endpoints.
5. Consumer: Golang-based Kafka consumer with fault tolerance and scalability.
6. Kafka UI: Web-based tool for managing Kafka topics and messages.
7. Aerospike Browser: UI for browsing Aerospike data.

Setup

Run the application using Docker Compose:

docker-compose up

Requirements

• Docker and Docker Compose
• Golang (for local development)
• Kafka UI (default port: 8081)
• Aerospike Browser (default port: 8082)

This repository is a robust starting point for building scalable, event-driven applications with Golang, Kafka, and Aerospike.