Amazon Kinesis (Services Overview)

Amazon Kinesis provides services for real-time streaming data processing.

Kinesis Services

Kinesis Data Streams

Real-time data streaming with custom processing.

See Kinesis Data Streams for detailed documentation.

const stream = new aws.kinesis.Stream("events", {
    name: "event-stream",
    shardCount: 2,
});

Kinesis Data Firehose

Deliver streaming data to destinations like S3, Redshift, and Elasticsearch.

const deliveryStream = new aws.kinesis.FirehoseDeliveryStream("delivery", {
    name: "data-delivery",
    destination: "extended_s3",
    extendedS3Configuration: {
        roleArn: role.arn,
        bucketArn: bucket.arn,
    },
});

Kinesis Data Analytics

Real-time analytics on streaming data using SQL or Apache Flink.

const analyticsApp = new aws.kinesisanalyticsv2.Application("analytics", {
    name: "stream-analytics",
    runtimeEnvironment: "FLINK-1_15",
    serviceExecutionRole: role.arn,
});

Kinesis Video Streams

Capture, process, and store video streams.

const videoStream = new aws.kinesisvideo.Stream("camera", {
    name: "security-camera-stream",
    dataRetentionInHours: 24,
});

Common Use Cases

• Real-Time Analytics: Process streaming data
• Log Aggregation: Collect and process logs
• IoT Data: Ingest device telemetry
• Clickstream Analysis: Track user behavior

Related Services

• Lambda - Stream processing
• S3 - Data storage
• Analytics Documentation - Detailed Kinesis guide