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 primary purpose of setting up a Kinesis Data Firehose stream in this course?

• To capture data from a server log and publish it into a data lake

• To create a backup of Amazon EC2 instances

• To encrypt sensitive data on the server

• To monitor network traffic in real-time

Which AWS service is used to create a delivery stream in this tutorial?

• Kinesis

• AWS Management Console

• Amazon EC2

• Amazon S3

What is the recommended buffer interval for sending data across to S3?

• Every 900 seconds

• Every 300 seconds

• Every 60 seconds

• Every 10 seconds

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

• 60 seconds

• 120 seconds

• 30 seconds

• 10 seconds

Which of the following is NOT a configuration option discussed for the delivery stream?

• Dynamic partitioning

• Data transformation

• Error output

• Data encryption