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Sep 7, 2022 · An event ingestor is a component or service that sits between event publishers and event consumers to decouple the production of an event stream from the...
- Client Libraries
- Capture API
- App Server
- Kafka
Client libraries are responsible for capturing user interactions and sending the events to us. Note that various client libraries also can call /decideendpoint for: 1. posthog-js: on load for compression, session recording, feature flags and other autocapture-related settings 2. other libraries: for checking feature flags
Capture API is responsible for capturing data. It is responsible for: 1. Validating API keys. 2. Anonymizing IPs according to project settings. 3. Decompressing and normalizing the shape of event data for the rest of the system. 4. Sending processed to events_plugin_ingestionKafka topic. 5. If communication with Postgres fails, logging events to ka...
On a high level during ingestion, app server: 1. Reads events from events_plugin_ingestionkafka topic 2. Runs user-created apps on the events, potentially modifying the shape of the events. 3. Handles person (and groups) creation and updates, using posthog_personpostgresql table as the source of truth. 4. Sends events, persons, groups to specialize...
Kafka is used as a resilient message bus between different services. You can find relevant kafka topics in the PostHog codebase.
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Event hubs represent the front door, often called an event ingestor, for an event pipeline. An event ingestor is a component or service that's located between event publishers and event consumers. It decouples the production of an event stream from the consumption of the events.
This means that “ingester” refers to the tool or software used to perform the ingestion process, while “ingest” refers to the action of moving the data. Now that we have a clear understanding of what these terms mean, let’s dive deeper into the differences between them and when to use each one.
An event ingestor is a component or service that sits between event publishers and event consumers to decouple the production of an event stream from the consumption of those events. The following figure depicts this architecture: Event Hubs provides message stream handling capability but has characteristics that are different from traditional ...
Nov 7, 2023 · Follow. 5 min read. ·. Nov 7, 2023. Azure Event Hubs is a big data streaming platform and event ingestion service. It can receive and process millions of events per second. It represents the...
Jun 28, 2023 · Event Hubs represents the “front door” for an event pipeline, often called an event ingestor in solution architectures. An event ingestor is a component or service that sits between event publishers and event consumers to decouple the production of an eventstream from the consumption of those events.
