AWS Certified Data Analytics Specialty 2021 – Hands-On - (Exercise) AWS Lambda

This tutorial guides you through setting up an order history app using AWS services. It covers creating fake server logs on an EC2 instance, streaming data to Kinesis, and storing it in DynamoDB. The tutorial emphasizes replacing a consumer script with a scalable AWS Lambda function. It includes steps for creating IAM roles, building and wiring the Lambda function, and testing the setup. Monitoring and cost considerations for Kinesis are also discussed.

What is the purpose of the AWS Lambda function in the order history app?

Describe the role of IAM in the context of the Lambda function.

What are the two policies that need to be attached to the IAM role for the Lambda function?

Explain how the Kinesis stream interacts with the Lambda function.

How does the Lambda function handle incoming data from the Kinesis stream?

What is the significance of the batch_writer object in the Lambda function code?

What considerations should be made regarding the Kinesis stream's cost?