Argo Dataflow for Stream Processing on Kubernetes

"Argo Dataflow for Stream Processing on Kubernetes"
"Argo Dataflow for Stream Processing on Kubernetes" is a comprehensive guide that illuminates the best practices, architectural insights, and advanced patterns for running modern stream processing pipelines on Kubernetes. Navigating foundational principles, the book establishes a robust context by exploring stream processing paradigms and detailing how Kubernetes, with its container orchestration primitives and microservices-focused approach, enables scalable and resilient real-time data platforms. It provides a nuanced comparative analysis of Argo Dataflow alongside leading industry frameworks, setting the stage for a deep technical dive.
The book systematically unpacks Argo Dataflow’s internal architecture, explaining core concepts such as the control/data plane separation, custom resource definitions, secure pipeline composition, and the integration of observability, security, and tenant isolation features. It guides practitioners through the complexities of designing, implementing, and operationalizing declarative pipelines, highlighting techniques for pipeline lifecycle management, robust operator design, and comprehensive testing and validation workflows. Advanced Kubernetes strategies—covering autoscaling, scheduling, fault tolerance, security, and multi-cluster deployments—equip readers to build and maintain production-grade streaming systems.
With dedicated coverage of integration scenarios—including event stream brokers, cloud storage, external APIs, batch/stream orchestration, and machine learning model serving—this book bridges the gap between theory and practice. It addresses critical topics such as CI/CD, governance, auditing, compliance, and disaster recovery, while also exploring future directions like serverless stream processing and unified batch-stream architectures. Whether you are modernizing data infrastructure or architecting next-generation analytics platforms, this book serves as an indispensable, pragmatic reference for engineers, architects, and data professionals seeking mastery of Argo Dataflow on Kubernetes.