AWS Certified Data Analytics Specialty 2021 - Hands-On! - [Exercise] Amazon Elasticsearch Service

This tutorial covers the integration of Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose with Elasticsearch for real-time data processing and visualization. It includes setting up an EC2 instance, configuring Apache logs, creating an Elasticsearch cluster, and using AWS Lambda for log transformation. The video demonstrates how to visualize data in Kibana and analyze server errors, concluding with steps to shut down AWS resources to avoid unnecessary costs.

What are the potential costs associated with running an Elasticsearch cluster on AWS?

How do you ensure that the data being sent to Elasticsearch is in the correct format?

What is the role of AWS Lambda in the data processing pipeline described in the text?

Discuss the importance of setting the correct index rotation in Elasticsearch.