# Enable decompression on a new Firehose stream from console
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**To enable decompression on a new Firehose stream using the Amazon Web Services Management Console**

1. Sign in to the Amazon Web Services Management Console and open the Kinesis console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/kinesis](https://console.amazonaws.cn/kinesis).

1. Choose **Amazon Data Firehose** in the navigation pane.

1. Choose **Create Firehose stream**.

1. Under **Choose source and destination**  
****Source****  
The source of your Firehose stream. Choose one of the following sources:  
   + **Direct PUT** – Choose this option to create a Firehose stream that producer applications write to directly. For a list of Amazon services and agents and open source services that are integrated with Direct PUT in Firehose, see [this](create-name.md) section.
   + **Kinesis stream:** Choose this option to configure a Firehose stream that uses a Kinesis data stream as a data source. You can then use Firehose to read data easily from an existing Kinesis data stream and load it into destinations. For more information, see [Writing to Firehose Using Kinesis Data Streams](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/firehose/latest/dev/writing-with-kinesis-streams.html)  
****Destination****  
The destination of your Firehose stream. Choose one of the following:  
   + Amazon S3
   + Splunk

1. Under **Firehose stream name**, enter a name for your stream.

1. (Optional) Under **Transform records**:
   + In the **Decompress source records from Amazon CloudWatch Logs** section, choose **Turn on decompression**.
   + If you want to use message extraction after decompression, choose **Turn on message extraction**.