AWS Certified Data Analytics Specialty 2021 – Hands-On - (Exercise) Kinesis Firehose, Part 2

The video tutorial guides users through setting up an EC2 instance on AWS, connecting to it using SSH or Putty, installing the AWS Kinesis agent, and preparing log data for processing. It covers both Linux and Windows environments, providing detailed steps for each process, including security considerations and file conversions necessary for Windows users.

What is the purpose of setting up an EC2 instance in this tutorial?

• To create a database

• To run a machine learning model

• To feed data into a stream

• To host a website

Which AMI is selected for the EC2 instance setup?

• Windows Server

• Amazon Linux 2

• Ubuntu

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux

What is the primary method to connect to an EC2 instance on Windows?

• Using Putty

• Using a web browser

• Using EC2 Instance Connect

• Using SSH client directly

What is the first step in installing the Kinesis client application?

• Run the Kinesis client application

• Configure the Kinesis client application

• Install the Kinesis client application

• Download the Kinesis client application

What command is used to install the Kinesis agent on the EC2 instance?

• apt install aws-kinesis-agent

• sudo yum install aws-kinesis-agent

• yum install aws-kinesis-agent

• sudo apt-get install aws-kinesis-agent

What is the purpose of the log generator script?

• To generate fake log data

• To create a database

• To configure network settings

• To analyze real-time data

What is the final step in configuring the Kinesis agent?

• Restart the EC2 instance

• Create a new directory

• Edit the configuration file

• Install additional software