Complete prerequisites

The following are requirements for completing the Tutorial: Process real-time stock data using KPL and KCL 1.x.

Create and use an Amazon Web Services Account

Before you begin, ensure that you are familiar with the concepts discussed in Amazon Kinesis Data Streams Terminology and concepts, particularly streams, shards, producers, and consumers. It is also helpful to have completed Tutorial: Install and configure the AWS CLI for Kinesis Data Streams.

You need an AWS account and a web browser to access the AWS Management Console.

For console access, use your IAM user name and password to sign in to the AWS Management Console from the IAM sign-in page. For information about AWS security credentials, including programmatic access and alternatives to long-term credentials, see AWS security credentials in the IAM User Guide. For details about signing in to your AWS account, see How to sign in to AWS in the AWS Sign-In User Guide.

For more information about IAM and security key setup instructions, see Create an IAM User.

Fulfill system software requirements

The system used to run the application must have Java 7 or higher installed. To download and install the latest Java Development Kit (JDK), go to Oracle's Java SE installation site.

If you have a Java IDE, such as Eclipse, you can open the source code, edit, build, and run it.

You need the latest AWS SDK for Java version. If you are using Eclipse as your IDE, you can install the AWS Toolkit for Eclipse instead.

The consumer application requires the Kinesis Client Library (KCL) version 1.2.1 or higher, which you can obtain from GitHub at Kinesis Client Library (Java).

Next Steps

Create a data stream