Akka Cluster Quickstart Dashboard - Part 1: Getting Started

How Akka Cluster Works - Project 1, Part 1/4

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Welcome to “How Akka Cluster Works”, a multi-project video series that introduces developers and architects working with Java (and Scala) to the inner workings of Akka Cluster. Project 1 is the Akka Cluster Quickstart Dashboard, and contains four parts. In Part 1: Getting Started, we introduce Akka Cluster using a sample Akka Java project that includes a web dashboard (see image above).

The dashboard visualizes a running Akka Cluster that you can use to watch the behavior of nodes in the cluster in real time, while experimenting with starting, stopping, and killing Akka Cluster nodes in order to truly see the self-healing and scalability features of Akka Cluster as you like. In Part 1, you will learn how to build and run the sample project, then discover how to run, explore, and control nodes in an active cluster.

What you’ll learn in this video:

• An introduction to Akka Cluster
• Installation and demo of the quickstart project
• Demo of the included dashboard
• Running, stopping, and killing Akka Cluster nodes

What you need to get started:

• Git
• Java 8+
• Maven
• Sample project: https://github.com/mckeeh3/akka-typed-java-cluster.git

What’s next?

• Go to Part 2: Cluster Node Lifecycles
• Visit the Akka website for in-depth documentation: https://akka.io/docs
• Schedule a demo of Akka Cluster for your team (see below):

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Author

Hugh McKee

Developer Advocate, Lightbend, Inc.

Twitter: @mckeeh3

Hugh McKee is a developer advocate at Lightbend. He has had a long career building applications that evolved slowly, that inefficiently utilized their infrastructure, and were brittle and prone to failure. Hugh has learned from his past mistakes, battle scars, and a few wins. And the learning never stops. Now his focus is on helping other developers and architects build resilient, scalable, reactive, distributed systems. Hugh frequently speaks at conferences. He is the author of Designing Reactive Systems: The Role Of Actors In Distributed Architecture (O'Reilly).