Configure and start the Agent

To configure and start the agent

1. Open and edit the configuration file (as superuser if using default file access permissions): /etc/aws-kinesis/agent.json

   In this configuration file, specify the files ( "filePattern" ) from which the agent collects data, and the name of the Firehose stream ( "deliveryStream" ) to which the agent sends data. The file name is a pattern, and the agent recognizes file rotations. You can rotate files or create new files no more than once per second. The agent uses the file creation time stamp to determine which files to track and tail into your Firehose stream. Creating new files or rotating files more frequently than once per second does not allow the agent to differentiate properly between them.

   { 
      "flows": [
           { 
               "filePattern": "/tmp/app.log*", 
               "deliveryStream": "yourdeliverystream"
           } 
      ] 
   } 

   The default AWS Region is us-east-1. If you are using a different Region, add the firehose.endpoint setting to the configuration file, specifying the endpoint for your Region. For more information, see Specify agent configuration settings.

2. Start the agent manually:

   sudo service aws-kinesis-agent start

3. (Optional) Configure the agent to start on system startup:

   sudo chkconfig aws-kinesis-agent on