AWS Certified Data Analytics Specialty 2021 – Hands-On - (Exercise) Kinesis Firehose, Part 1

This video tutorial guides viewers through setting up a Kinesis Data Firehose stream to capture data from an Amazon EC2 instance and publish it into an Amazon S3 data lake. It covers the initial setup in the AWS Management Console, configuring data sources and destinations, creating an S3 bucket, and finalizing Firehose settings, including buffer intervals and optional compression and encryption. The tutorial emphasizes the importance of unique naming and security considerations, while also highlighting key limitations relevant to certification exams.

What is the purpose of setting up the Kinesis Data Firehose stream in this course?

What are the steps to create a delivery stream in Kinesis?

Why is it important to give a unique name to the S3 bucket?

What are the default settings for public access to the S3 bucket?

What is the minimum buffer interval for sending data to S3 using Firehose?