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Getting started - Amazon Kendra

Amazon Kendra will no longer be open to new customers starting on July 30, 2026. If you would like to use the service, please sign up prior to July 30. For capabilities similar to Amazon Kendra, explore Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases. Learn more.

Getting started

This section shows you how to create a data source and add your documents to an Amazon Kendra index. Instructions are provided for the AWS console, the AWS CLI, a Python program using the AWS SDK for Python (Boto3), and a Java program using the AWS SDK for Java.