diff --git a/libraries-data/pom.xml b/libraries-data/pom.xml
index 4727ca2222..55bf02ae16 100644
--- a/libraries-data/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-data/pom.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,26 @@
             <classifier>test</classifier>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.ignite</groupId>
+            <artifactId>ignite-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${ignite.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.ignite</groupId>
+            <artifactId>ignite-spring</artifactId>
+            <version>${ignite.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.ignite</groupId>
+            <artifactId>ignite-indexing</artifactId>
+            <version>${ignite.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
+            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+            <version>${gson.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -181,5 +201,7 @@
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.7.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <ormlite.version>5.0</ormlite.version>
         <kafka.version>1.0.0</kafka.version>
+        <ignite.version>2.3.0</ignite.version>
+        <gson.version>2.8.2</gson.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
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diff --git a/libraries-data/src/main/java/com/baeldung/ignite/cache/CustomLifecycleBean.java b/libraries-data/src/main/java/com/baeldung/ignite/cache/CustomLifecycleBean.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b603dcee0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries-data/src/main/java/com/baeldung/ignite/cache/CustomLifecycleBean.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.baeldung.ignite.cache;
+
+import org.apache.ignite.IgniteException;
+import org.apache.ignite.lifecycle.LifecycleBean;
+import org.apache.ignite.lifecycle.LifecycleEventType;
+
+public class CustomLifecycleBean implements LifecycleBean {
+    @Override
+    public void onLifecycleEvent(LifecycleEventType lifecycleEventType) throws IgniteException {
+        if (lifecycleEventType == LifecycleEventType.AFTER_NODE_START) {
+            //do something right after the Ignite node starts
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libraries-data/src/main/java/com/baeldung/ignite/cache/IgniteCacheExample.java b/libraries-data/src/main/java/com/baeldung/ignite/cache/IgniteCacheExample.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c40b8f312
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries-data/src/main/java/com/baeldung/ignite/cache/IgniteCacheExample.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package com.baeldung.ignite.cache;
+
+import com.baeldung.ignite.model.Employee;
+import org.apache.ignite.Ignite;
+import org.apache.ignite.IgniteCache;
+import org.apache.ignite.Ignition;
+import org.apache.ignite.cache.query.QueryCursor;
+import org.apache.ignite.cache.query.SqlFieldsQuery;
+import org.apache.ignite.configuration.IgniteConfiguration;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class IgniteCacheExample {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+        Ignite ignite = Ignition.ignite();
+
+        IgniteCache<Integer, String> cache = ignite.cache("baeldungCache");
+
+        cache.put(1, "baeldung cache value");
+
+        String message = cache.get(1);
+    }
+
+    private static void getObjectFromCache(Ignite ignite) {
+
+        IgniteCache<Integer, Employee> cache = ignite.getOrCreateCache("baeldungCache");
+
+        cache.put(1, new Employee(1, "John", true));
+        cache.put(2, new Employee(2, "Anna", false));
+        cache.put(3, new Employee(3, "George", true));
+
+        Employee employee = cache.get(1);
+    }
+
+    private static void getFromCacheWithSQl(Ignite ignite) {
+
+        IgniteCache<Integer, Employee> cache = ignite.cache("baeldungCache");
+
+        SqlFieldsQuery sql = new SqlFieldsQuery(
+                "select name from Employee where isEmployed = 'true'");
+
+        QueryCursor<List<?>> cursor = cache.query(sql);
+
+        for (List<?> row : cursor) {
+            System.out.println(row.get(0));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void customInitialization() {
+
+        IgniteConfiguration configuration = new IgniteConfiguration();
+        configuration.setLifecycleBeans(new CustomLifecycleBean());
+        Ignite ignite = Ignition.start(configuration);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/libraries-data/src/main/java/com/baeldung/ignite/jdbc/IgniteJDBC.java b/libraries-data/src/main/java/com/baeldung/ignite/jdbc/IgniteJDBC.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de144711b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries-data/src/main/java/com/baeldung/ignite/jdbc/IgniteJDBC.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package com.baeldung.ignite.jdbc;
+
+import java.sql.*;
+
+/**
+ * Created by Gebruiker on 3/14/2018.
+ */
+public class IgniteJDBC {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws ClassNotFoundException, SQLException {
+
+        Class.forName("org.apache.ignite.IgniteJdbcThinDriver");
+
+        Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:ignite:thin://127.0.0.1/");
+
+        createDatabaseTables(conn);
+
+        insertData(conn);
+
+        getData(conn);
+    }
+
+    private static void createDatabaseTables(Connection conn) throws SQLException {
+
+        Statement sql = conn.createStatement();
+        sql.executeUpdate("CREATE TABLE Employee (" +
+                " id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR, isEmployed timyint(1)) " +
+                " WITH \"template=replicated\"");
+
+        sql.executeUpdate("CREATE INDEX idx_employee_name ON Employee (name)");
+    }
+
+    private static void insertData(Connection conn) throws SQLException {
+
+        PreparedStatement sql =
+                conn.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO Employee (id, name, isEmployed) VALUES (?, ?, ?)");
+        sql.setLong(1, 1);
+        sql.setString(2, "James");
+        sql.setBoolean(3, true);
+        sql.executeUpdate();
+
+        sql.setLong(1, 2);
+        sql.setString(2, "Monica");
+        sql.setBoolean(3, false);
+        sql.executeUpdate();
+    }
+
+    private static void getData(Connection conn) throws SQLException {
+
+        Statement sql = conn.createStatement();
+        ResultSet rs = sql.executeQuery("SELECT e.name, e.isEmployed " +
+                " FROM Employee e " +
+                " WHERE e.isEmployed = TRUE ");
+
+        while (rs.next())
+            System.out.println(rs.getString(1) + ", " + rs.getString(2));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libraries-data/src/main/java/com/baeldung/ignite/model/Employee.java b/libraries-data/src/main/java/com/baeldung/ignite/model/Employee.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21f5ef89d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries-data/src/main/java/com/baeldung/ignite/model/Employee.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package com.baeldung.ignite.model;
+
+
+public class Employee {
+
+    private Integer id;
+    private String name;
+    private boolean isEmployed;
+
+    public Employee(Integer id, String name, boolean isEmployed) {
+        this.id = id;
+        this.name = name;
+        this.isEmployed = isEmployed;
+    }
+
+    public Integer getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public void setId(Integer id) {
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isEmployed() {
+        return isEmployed;
+    }
+
+    public void setEmployed(boolean employed) {
+        isEmployed = employed;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "Employee{" +
+                "id=" + id +
+                ", name='" + name + '\'' +
+                ", isEmployed=" + isEmployed +
+                '}';
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libraries-data/src/main/java/com/baeldung/ignite/stream/CacheConfig.java b/libraries-data/src/main/java/com/baeldung/ignite/stream/CacheConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b0f71e0b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries-data/src/main/java/com/baeldung/ignite/stream/CacheConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.baeldung.ignite.stream;
+
+import com.baeldung.ignite.model.Employee;
+import org.apache.ignite.configuration.CacheConfiguration;
+
+import javax.cache.configuration.FactoryBuilder;
+import javax.cache.expiry.CreatedExpiryPolicy;
+import javax.cache.expiry.Duration;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+
+public class CacheConfig {
+
+    public static CacheConfiguration<Integer, Employee> employeeCache() {
+
+        CacheConfiguration<Integer, Employee> config = new CacheConfiguration<>("baeldungEmployees");
+
+        config.setIndexedTypes(Integer.class, Employee.class);
+        config.setExpiryPolicyFactory(FactoryBuilder.factoryOf(
+                new CreatedExpiryPolicy(new Duration(TimeUnit.SECONDS, 5))));
+
+        return config;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/libraries-data/src/main/java/com/baeldung/ignite/stream/IgniteStream.java b/libraries-data/src/main/java/com/baeldung/ignite/stream/IgniteStream.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..839da36c22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries-data/src/main/java/com/baeldung/ignite/stream/IgniteStream.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package com.baeldung.ignite.stream;
+
+import com.baeldung.ignite.model.Employee;
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import org.apache.ignite.Ignite;
+import org.apache.ignite.IgniteCache;
+import org.apache.ignite.IgniteDataStreamer;
+import org.apache.ignite.Ignition;
+import org.apache.ignite.stream.StreamTransformer;
+
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+public class IgniteStream {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+
+        Ignition.setClientMode(true);
+        Ignite ignite = Ignition.start();
+
+        IgniteCache<Integer, Employee> cache = ignite.getOrCreateCache(CacheConfig.employeeCache());
+        IgniteDataStreamer<Integer, Employee> streamer = ignite.dataStreamer(cache.getName());
+        streamer.allowOverwrite(true);
+
+        streamer.receiver(StreamTransformer.from((e, arg) -> {
+
+            Employee employee = e.getValue();
+            employee.setEmployed(true);
+            e.setValue(employee);
+
+            return null;
+        }));
+
+        Path path = Paths.get(IgniteStream.class.getResource("employees.txt").toURI());
+
+        Files.lines(path)
+                .forEach(line -> {
+                    Employee employee = new Gson().fromJson(line, Employee.class);
+                    streamer.addData(employee.getId(), employee);
+                });
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libraries-data/src/main/resources/employee.txt b/libraries-data/src/main/resources/employee.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c476f39fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries-data/src/main/resources/employee.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{id:"1", name="John", isEmployed: "true"}
+{id:"1", name="Anna", isEmployed: "false"}
+{id:"1", name="George", isEmployed: "true"}
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