AWS Certified Data Analytics Specialty 2021 – Hands-On - (Exercise) Amazon OpenSearch Service

This tutorial guides users through setting up a log analysis system using AWS services. It covers connecting to an EC2 instance, downloading and configuring log data, creating an OpenSearch cluster, setting up Kinesis Firehose and agent, and visualizing data using OpenSearch dashboards. The tutorial concludes with instructions on cleaning up AWS resources.

What is the primary purpose of the system being built in the exercise?

Describe the role of Kinesis Data Firehose in the log analysis system.

What are the steps involved in setting up the Amazon Open Search cluster?

Explain how the Lambda function is utilized in the log transformation process.

What security measures are suggested for accessing the Open Search dashboards?

How does the system handle the transformation of Apache log data into JSON format?

What is the significance of setting the index name to 'web logs' in the Firehose delivery stream?

Discuss the importance of monitoring the Kinesis agent logs during the setup.

What are the potential costs associated with running the Open Search cluster?

How can one visualize the log data once it is ingested into Open Search?