Speaker: Kai Waehner, Confluent, Technology Evangelist

1. IoT Architectures for
Apache Kafka and Event Streaming
Industry 4.0, Digital Twin, PLCs, Edge and Hybrid Deployments
Kai Waehner
Technology Evangelist
contact@kai-waehner.de
LinkedIn
@KaiWaehner
www.confluent.io
www.kai-waehner.de

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Poll 1
What are you using Apache Kafka for today?
● Big data ingestion into data lake / analytics cluster for batch processing
(Hadoop, Spark, etc.)
● Streaming pipeline (integration layer, change data capture, streaming ETL)
● Critical business applications (microservice architectures, payment / fraud
apps, etc.)
● IoT scenarios (sensor processing / analytics, device management, etc.)
● I don’t use Kafka today
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Agenda
• Use Cases
• Event Streaming and Apache Kafka
• IoT Architectures
• Live Demo – Connected Car Infrastructure
• Why Confluent
• Contact Us

4. Consumer IoT and Industrial IoT (IIoT)
Use Cases

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Event-Driven App
(Location Tracking)
Only Real-Time Events
Messaging Queues can
do this
Contextual
Event-Driven App
(ETA)
Real-Time combined
with stored data
Only Event Streaming
Platforms can do this
Where is my
driver?
When will my driver
get here?
Where is my driver? When will my driver
get here?
Why add the word
Contextual?

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Front, rear and top
view cameras
Parking assistant
Environment pointer
Ultrasonic Sensors
Parking assistant with
front and rear camera plus
environment indicator
Crash Sensors
Front protection adaptivity
Side protection
Tail impact protection
Infrared Camera
Rearview assistance with
Pedestrian recognition
Front and Rear
Radar Sensors
ACC with stop and go function
Side assist
Front Camera
Audi Active lane assistant
Speed limit indicator
Adaptive light
The Future of the Automotive Industry
is a Real Time Data Cluster

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The Future of the Automotive Industry
is a Real Time Data Cluster
Front, rear and top
view cameras
Ultrasonic SensorsCrash Sensors
Front Camera Infrared Camera
Front and Rear
Radar Sensors
Traffic Alerts
Hazard Alerts Personalization
Anomaly
Detection
MQTT MQTT
MQTT
MQTT MQTTMQTT

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Real Time Streaming ML at the Edge @
Severstal
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https://www.confluent.io/customers/severstal/

13. with Apache Kafka
Event Streaming

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STREAM
PROCESSING
Create and store
materialized views
Filter
Analyze in-flight
Time
C CC

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TRADITIONAL
DATABASE
EVENT STREAM
PROCESSING
SELECT * FROM
DB_TABLE
CREATE TABLE T
AS SELECT *
FROM
EVENT_STREAM
Active Query: Passive Data:
DB Table
Active Data: Passive Query:
Event Stream

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TABLE
S
STREAMS
USER
JAY
SUE
FRED
CREDIT_SCORE
695
430
710V1
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PAYMENTS42
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...
USER
JAY
SUE
FRED
...

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PUSH PULL
APP
Jay’s credit score is
670
Jay’s credit score is
710
Jay’s credit score is
695
What is Jay’s credit score
now?
695
APP

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The Log ConnectorsConnectors
Producer Consumer
Streaming Engine
Apache Kafka - The Rise of an Event Streaming Platform
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=
Messaging
+
Storage
+
Integration
+
Processing

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Apache Kafka at Scale at Tech Giants
> 7 trillion messages / day > 6 Petabytes / day
“You name it”
* Kafka is not just used for big data
** Kafka Is not just used by tech giants
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10 Reasons for Event Streaming with Apache Kafka
Real Time
Scalable
Cost Reduction
24/7 – Zero downtime, zero data loss
Decoupling – Storage, Domain-driven Design
Data (re-)processing and stateful client applications
Integration – Connectivity to IoT, legacy, big data, everything
Hybrid Architecture – On Premises, multi cloud, edge computing
Fully managed cloud
No vendor locking
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Device management
Unreliable networks
Connectivity beyond standards
Edge hardware
…
is not an IoT Platform!

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Poll 2
How do you use or plan to use Kafka and its ecosystem?
● Build a core IoT even streaming platform (using Kafka Connect + connectors
for MQTT / Syslog / PLC4X / etc.)
● Combine Kafka with other open source components (like Eclipse IoT, HiveMQ,
…)
● Combine Kafka with commercial platforms (like Siemens MindSphere or GE
Predix)
● Use Kafka just as messaging pipeline and not for IoT-related tasks
● I don’t use or plan to use Kafka at all for my IoT projects
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23. Edge, Hybrid, Global
IoT Architectures

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Digital Service at the Edge
Single
Kafka Broker
(or Cluster)
Digital
Service
Self-managed or
certified OEM Hardware
Kafka Cluster
in DC / CloudSiemens S7, Modbus, Allen Bradley, Beckhoff ADS

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Centralized Digital Service
Digital
Service
Single
Kafka Broker
(or Cluster)
Self-managed or
certified OEM Hardware
Siemens S7, Modbus, Allen Bradley, Beckhoff ADS
Single
Kafka Broker
(or Cluster)
Self-managed or
certified OEM Hardware
Siemens S7, Modbus, Allen Bradley, Beckhoff ADS

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Global IoT Architecture
Multiple Clusters and Aggregation
Factories  Analytics Cluster
Multi-Region Cluster
High Availability (Disaster Recovery)
Global Data Streaming
Outsourced
Development

27. IoT Infrastructure for 100000 Connected Cars
Example

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IoT Infrastructure with
Kafka, TensorFlow and MongoDB
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MQTT
Proxy
Kafka
Cluster
Kafka
Connect
Car Sensors
Kafka Ecosystem
TensorFlow
Other Components
Kafka
Streams
(Java)
All
Data
Critical
Data
Ingest
Data
Potential
Detect
KSQL
TensorFlow
Train
Analytic Model
Consume
Data
Preprocess
Data
Analytic Model
Deploy
Analytic
Model
Python
https://github.com/kaiwaehner/hivemq-mqtt-tensorflow-kafka-realtime-iot-machine-learning-training-inference
Connectivity
Homogenization
Reprogrammable and smart
Digital traces
Modularity
MongoDB
Storage
MongoDB
Dashboards
Search
Analytics
Mobile App
BI Tool

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Architecture for 100000 Connected
Cars
Kafka + KSQL + MQTT + TensorFlow + Kubernetes
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https://www.kai-waehner.de/blog/2019/11/08/live-demo-iot-100-000-connected-cars-kubernetes-kafka-mqtt-tensorflow/

30. Live Demo:
Connected Car Infrastructure with
Kafka, MQTT and TensorFlow

31. Why Confluent

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32Confluent Platform
Fully Managed Cloud
Service
Self Managed Software FREEDOM OF CHOICE
COMMITTER-DRIVEN EXPERTISE PartnersTrainingProfession
al Services
Enterpris
e
Support
Apache Kafka
EFFICIENT
OPERATIONS AT SCALE
PRODUCTION-
STAGE PREREQUISITES
UNRESTRICTED
DEVELOPER
PRODUCTIVITY
SQL-based Stream Processing
KSQL (ksqlDB)
Rich Pre-built Ecosystem
Connectors | Hub | Schema Registry
Multi-language Development
non-Java clients | REST Proxy
GUI-driven Mgmt & Monitoring
Control Center
Flexible DevOps Automation
Operator | Ansible
Dynamic Performance &
Elasticity
Auto Data Balancer | Tiered Storage
Enterprise-grade Security
RBAC | Secrets | Audit logs
Data Compatibility
Schema Registry | Schema Validation
Global Resilience
Multi-Region Clusters | Replicator
Developer Operator Architect
Open Source | Community licensed
PARTNERSHIP
FOR BUSINESS SUCCESS
Complete Engagement Model
Revenue / Cost / Risk Impact
TCO / ROI
Executive Buyer

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I N V E S T M E N T & T I M E
VALUE
3
4
5
1
2
Event Streaming Maturity Model
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Initial Awareness /
Pilot (1 Kafka Cluster)
Start to Build Pipeline /
Deliver 1 New Outcome
(1 Kafka Cluster)
Mission-Critical
Deployment
(Stretched, Hybrid,
Multi-Region)
Build Contextual
Event-Driven Apps
(Stretched, Hybrid,
Multi-Region)
Central Nervous
System
(Global Kafka)
Product, Support, Training, Partners, Technical Account Management...

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34C O N F I D E N T I A L
Future-proof event streaming
Kafka re-engineered as a fully-managed, cloud-native service by its original
creators and the team that wrote 80% of all Kafka commits
Global
Automated disaster
recovery
Global applications with
geo-awareness
Infinite
Efficient and infinite data
with tiered storage
Unlimited horizontal
scalability for clusters
Elastic
Easy multi-cloud
orchestration
Persistent bridge to
cloud from on-prem

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Poll 3
What architectures do make most sense for your Kafka deployment?
● Deployment at the edge (factory, plant, data center) for local integration and data
processing
● Replication between edge and cloud / other data center
● Global architecture (e.g. aggregation and analytics of data from different factories)
● Single Kafka Broker, e.g. at small sites (no data center, no high availability)
● Digital Twin for real time analytics of sensor data
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Next Steps

37. Kai Waehner
Technology Evangelist
contact@kai-waehner.de
@KaiWaehner
www.kai-waehner.de
www.confluent.io
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