Firehose - Amazon IoT Greengrass
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Firehose

The Firehose component (aws.greengrass.KinesisFirehose) publishes data through Amazon Data Firehose delivery streams to destinations, such as Amazon S3, Amazon Redshift, and Amazon OpenSearch Service. For more information, see What is Amazon Data Firehose? in the Amazon Data Firehose Developer Guide.

To publish to a Kinesis delivery stream with this component, publish a message to a topic where this component subscribes. By default, this component subscribes to the kinesisfirehose/message and kinesisfirehose/message/binary/# local publish/subscribe topics. You can specify other topics, including Amazon IoT Core MQTT topics, when you deploy this component.

Note

This component provides similar functionality to the Firehose connector in Amazon IoT Greengrass V1. For more information, see Firehose connector in the Amazon IoT Greengrass V1 Developer Guide.

Versions

This component has the following versions:

  • 2.1.x

  • 2.0.x

Type

This component is a Lambda component (aws.greengrass.lambda). The Greengrass nucleus runs this component's Lambda function using the Lambda launcher component.

For more information, see Component types.

Operating system

This component can be installed on Linux core devices only.

Requirements

This component has the following requirements:

  • Your core device must meet the requirements to run Lambda functions. If you want the core device to run containerized Lambda functions, the device must meet the requirements to do so. For more information, see Lambda function requirements.

  • Python version 3.7 installed on the core device and added to the PATH environment variable.

  • The Greengrass device role must allow the firehose:PutRecord and firehose:PutRecordBatch actions, as shown in the following example IAM policy.

    { "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Action": [ "firehose:PutRecord", "firehose:PutRecordBatch" ], "Effect": "Allow", "Resource": [ "arn:aws-cn:firehose:region:account-id:deliverystream/stream-name" ] } ] }

    You can dynamically override the default delivery stream in the input message payload for this component. If your application uses this feature, the IAM policy must include all target streams as resources. You can grant granular or conditional access to resources (for example, by using a wildcard * naming scheme).

  • To receive output data from this component, you must merge the following configuration update for the legacy subscription router component (aws.greengrass.LegacySubscriptionRouter) when you deploy this component. This configuration specifies the topic where this component publishes responses.

    Legacy subscription router v2.1.x
    { "subscriptions": { "aws-greengrass-kinesisfirehose": { "id": "aws-greengrass-kinesisfirehose", "source": "component:aws.greengrass.KinesisFirehose", "subject": "kinesisfirehose/message/status", "target": "cloud" } } }
    Legacy subscription router v2.0.x
    { "subscriptions": { "aws-greengrass-kinesisfirehose": { "id": "aws-greengrass-kinesisfirehose", "source": "arn:aws-cn:lambda:region:aws:function:aws-greengrass-kinesisfirehose:version", "subject": "kinesisfirehose/message/status", "target": "cloud" } } }
    • Replace region with the Amazon Web Services Region that you use.

    • Replace version with the version of the Lambda function that this component runs. To find the Lambda function version, you must view the recipe for the version of this component that you want to deploy. Open this component's details page in the Amazon IoT Greengrass console, and look for the Lambda function key-value pair. This key-value pair contains the name and version of the Lambda function.

    Important

    You must update the Lambda function version on the legacy subscription router every time you deploy this component. This ensures that you use the correct Lambda function version for the component version that you deploy.

    For more information, see Create deployments.

  • The Firehose component is supported to run in a VPC. To deploy this component in a VPC, the following is required.

    • The Firehose component must have connectivity to firehose.region.amazonaws.com which has the VPC endpoint of com.amazonaws.region.kinesis-firehose.

Endpoints and ports

This component must be able to perform outbound requests to the following endpoints and ports, in addition to endpoints and ports required for basic operation. For more information, see Allow device traffic through a proxy or firewall.

Endpoint Port Required Description

firehose.region.amazonaws.com

443 Yes

Upload data to Firehose.

Dependencies

When you deploy a component, Amazon IoT Greengrass also deploys compatible versions of its dependencies. This means that you must meet the requirements for the component and all of its dependencies to successfully deploy the component. This section lists the dependencies for the released versions of this component and the semantic version constraints that define the component versions for each dependency. You can also view the dependencies for each version of the component in the Amazon IoT Greengrass console. On the component details page, look for the Dependencies list.

2.1.8

The following table lists the dependencies for version 2.1.8 of this component.

Dependency Compatible versions Dependency type
Greengrass nucleus >=2.0.0 <2.14.0 Hard
Lambda launcher ^2.0.0 Hard
Lambda runtimes ^2.0.0 Soft
Token exchange service ^2.0.0 Hard
2.1.7

The following table lists the dependencies for version 2.1.7 of this component.

Dependency Compatible versions Dependency type
Greengrass nucleus >=2.0.0 <2.13.0 Hard
Lambda launcher ^2.0.0 Hard
Lambda runtimes ^2.0.0 Soft
Token exchange service ^2.0.0 Hard
2.1.6

The following table lists the dependencies for version 2.1.6 of this component.

Dependency Compatible versions Dependency type
Greengrass nucleus >=2.0.0 <2.12.0 Hard
Lambda launcher ^2.0.0 Hard
Lambda runtimes ^2.0.0 Soft
Token exchange service ^2.0.0 Hard
2.1.5

The following table lists the dependencies for version 2.1.5 of this component.

Dependency Compatible versions Dependency type
Greengrass nucleus >=2.0.0 <2.11.0 Hard
Lambda launcher ^2.0.0 Hard
Lambda runtimes ^2.0.0 Soft
Token exchange service ^2.0.0 Hard
2.1.4

The following table lists the dependencies for version 2.1.4 of this component.

Dependency Compatible versions Dependency type
Greengrass nucleus >=2.0.0 <2.10.0 Hard
Lambda launcher ^2.0.0 Hard
Lambda runtimes ^2.0.0 Soft
Token exchange service ^2.0.0 Hard
2.1.3

The following table lists the dependencies for version 2.1.3 of this component.

Dependency Compatible versions Dependency type
Greengrass nucleus >=2.0.0 <2.9.0 Hard
Lambda launcher ^2.0.0 Hard
Lambda runtimes ^2.0.0 Soft
Token exchange service ^2.0.0 Hard
2.1.2

The following table lists the dependencies for version 2.1.2 of this component.

Dependency Compatible versions Dependency type
Greengrass nucleus >=2.0.0 <2.8.0 Hard
Lambda launcher ^2.0.0 Hard
Lambda runtimes ^2.0.0 Soft
Token exchange service ^2.0.0 Hard
2.1.1

The following table lists the dependencies for version 2.1.1 of this component.

Dependency Compatible versions Dependency type
Greengrass nucleus >=2.0.0 <2.7.0 Hard
Lambda launcher ^2.0.0 Hard
Lambda runtimes ^2.0.0 Soft
Token exchange service ^2.0.0 Hard
2.0.8 - 2.1.0

The following table lists the dependencies for versions 2.0.8 and 2.1.0 of this component.

Dependency Compatible versions Dependency type
Greengrass nucleus >=2.0.0 <2.6.0 Hard
Lambda launcher ^2.0.0 Hard
Lambda runtimes ^2.0.0 Soft
Token exchange service ^2.0.0 Hard
2.0.7

The following table lists the dependencies for version 2.0.7 of this component.

Dependency Compatible versions Dependency type
Greengrass nucleus >=2.0.0 <2.5.0 Hard
Lambda launcher ^2.0.0 Hard
Lambda runtimes ^2.0.0 Soft
Token exchange service ^2.0.0 Hard
2.0.6

The following table lists the dependencies for version 2.0.6 of this component.

Dependency Compatible versions Dependency type
Greengrass nucleus >=2.0.0 <2.4.0 Hard
Lambda launcher ^2.0.0 Hard
Lambda runtimes ^2.0.0 Soft
Token exchange service ^2.0.0 Hard
2.0.5

The following table lists the dependencies for version 2.0.5 of this component.

Dependency Compatible versions Dependency type
Greengrass nucleus >=2.0.0 <2.3.0 Hard
Lambda launcher ^2.0.0 Hard
Lambda runtimes ^2.0.0 Soft
Token exchange service ^2.0.0 Hard
2.0.4

The following table lists the dependencies for version 2.0.4 of this component.

Dependency Compatible versions Dependency type
Greengrass nucleus >=2.0.0 <2.2.0 Hard
Lambda launcher ^2.0.0 Hard
Lambda runtimes ^2.0.0 Soft
Token exchange service ^2.0.0 Hard
2.0.3

The following table lists the dependencies for version 2.0.3 of this component.

Dependency Compatible versions Dependency type
Greengrass nucleus >=2.0.3 <2.1.0 Hard
Lambda launcher >=1.0.0 Hard
Lambda runtimes >=1.0.0 Soft
Token exchange service >=1.0.0 Hard

For more information about component dependencies, see the component recipe reference.

Configuration

This component provides the following configuration parameters that you can customize when you deploy the component.

Note

This component's default configuration includes Lambda function parameters. We recommend that you edit only the following parameters to configure this component on your devices.

lambdaParams

An object that contains the parameters for this component's Lambda function. This object contains the following information:

EnvironmentVariables

An object that contains the Lambda function's parameters. This object contains the following information:

DEFAULT_DELIVERY_STREAM_ARN

The ARN of the default Firehose delivery stream where the component sends data. You can override the destination stream with the delivery_stream_arn property in the input message payload.

Note

The core device role must allow the required actions on all target delivery streams. For more information, see Requirements.

PUBLISH_INTERVAL

(Optional) The maximum number of seconds to wait before the component publishes batched data to Firehose. To configure the component to publish metrics as it receives them, which means without batching, specify 0.

This value can be at most 900 seconds.

Default: 10 seconds

DELIVERY_STREAM_QUEUE_SIZE

(Optional) The maximum number of records to retain in memory before the component rejects new records for the same delivery stream.

This value must be at least 2,000 records.

Default: 5,000 records

containerMode

(Optional) The containerization mode for this component. Choose from the following options:

  • NoContainer – The component doesn't run in an isolated runtime environment.

  • GreengrassContainer – The component runs in an isolated runtime environment inside the Amazon IoT Greengrass container.

Default: GreengrassContainer

containerParams

(Optional) An object that contains the container parameters for this component. The component uses these parameters if you specify GreengrassContainer for containerMode.

This object contains the following information:

memorySize

(Optional) The amount of memory (in kilobytes) to allocate to the component.

Defaults to 64 MB (65,535 KB).

pubsubTopics

(Optional) An object that contains the topics where the component subscribes to receive messages. You can specify each topic and whether the component subscribes to MQTT topics from Amazon IoT Core or local publish/subscribe topics.

This object contains the following information:

0 – This is an array index as a string.

An object that contains the following information:

type

(Optional) The type of publish/subscribe messaging that this component uses to subscribe to messages. Choose from the following options:

  • PUB_SUB – Subscribe to local publish/subscribe messages. If you choose this option, the topic can't contain MQTT wildcards. For more information about how to send messages from custom component when you specify this option, see Publish/subscribe local messages.

  • IOT_CORE – Subscribe to Amazon IoT Core MQTT messages. If you choose this option, the topic can contain MQTT wildcards. For more information about how to send messages from custom components when you specify this option, see Publish/subscribe Amazon IoT Core MQTT messages.

Default: PUB_SUB

topic

(Optional) The topic to which the component subscribes to receive messages. If you specify IotCore for type, you can use MQTT wildcards (+ and #) in this topic.

Example: Configuration merge update (container mode)
{ "lambdaExecutionParameters": { "EnvironmentVariables": { "DEFAULT_DELIVERY_STREAM_ARN": "arn:aws-cn:firehose:us-west-2:123456789012:deliverystream/mystream" } }, "containerMode": "GreengrassContainer" }
Example: Configuration merge update (no container mode)
{ "lambdaExecutionParameters": { "EnvironmentVariables": { "DEFAULT_DELIVERY_STREAM_ARN": "arn:aws-cn:firehose:us-west-2:123456789012:deliverystream/mystream" } }, "containerMode": "NoContainer" }

Input data

This component accepts stream content on the following topics and sends the content to the target delivery stream. The component accepts two types of input data:

  • JSON data on the kinesisfirehose/message topic.

  • Binary data on the kinesisfirehose/message/binary/# topic.

Default topic for JSON data (local publish/subscribe): kinesisfirehose/message

The message accepts the following properties. Input messages must be in JSON format.

request

The data to send to the delivery stream and the target delivery stream, if different from the default stream.

Type: object that contains the following information:

data

The data to send to the delivery stream.

Type: string

delivery_stream_arn

(Optional) The ARN of the target Firehose delivery stream. Specify this property to override the default delivery stream.

Type: string

id

An arbitrary ID for the request. Use this property to map an input request to an output response. When you specify this property, the component sets the id property in the response object to this value.

Type: string

Example input
{ "request": { "delivery_stream_arn": "arn:aws-cn:firehose:region:account-id:deliverystream/stream2-name", "data": "Data to send to the delivery stream." }, "id": "request123" }
Default topic for binary data (local publish/subscribe): kinesisfirehose/message/binary/#

Use this topic to send a message that contains binary data. The component doesn't parse binary data. The component streams the data as is.

To map the input request to an output response, replace the # wildcard in the message topic with an arbitrary request ID. For example, if you publish a message to kinesisfirehose/message/binary/request123, the id property in the response object is set to request123.

If you don't want to map a request to a response, you can publish your messages to kinesisfirehose/message/binary/. Be sure to include the trailing slash (/).

Output data

This component publishes responses as output data on the following MQTT topic by default. You must specify this topic as the subject in the configuration for the legacy subscription router component. For more information about how to subscribe to messages on this topic in your custom components, see Publish/subscribe Amazon IoT Core MQTT messages.

Default topic (Amazon IoT Core MQTT): kinesisfirehose/message/status

Example output

The response contains the status of each data record sent in the batch.

{ "response": [ { "ErrorCode": "error", "ErrorMessage": "test error", "id": "request123", "status": "fail" }, { "firehose_record_id": "xyz2", "id": "request456", "status": "success" }, { "firehose_record_id": "xyz3", "id": "request890", "status": "success" } ] }
Note

If the component detects an error that can be retried, such as a connection error, it retries the publish in the next batch.

Local log file

This component uses the following log file.

/greengrass/v2/logs/aws.greengrass.KinesisFirehose.log
To view this component's logs
  • Run the following command on the core device to view this component's log file in real time. Replace /greengrass/v2 with the path to the Amazon IoT Greengrass root folder.

    sudo tail -f /greengrass/v2/logs/aws.greengrass.KinesisFirehose.log

Licenses

This component includes the following third-party software/licensing:

This component is released under the Greengrass Core Software License Agreement.

Changelog

The following table describes the changes in each version of the component.

Version

Changes

2.1.8

Version updated for Greengrass nucleus version 2.13.0 release.

2.1.7

Version updated for Greengrass nucleus version 2.12.0 release.

2.1.6

Version updated for Greengrass nucleus version 2.11.0 release.

2.1.5

Version updated for Greengrass nucleus version 2.10.0 release.

2.1.4

Version updated for Greengrass nucleus version 2.9.0 release.

2.1.3

Version updated for Greengrass nucleus version 2.8.0 release.

2.1.2

Version updated for Greengrass nucleus version 2.7.0 release.

2.1.1

Version updated for Greengrass nucleus version 2.6.0 release.

2.1.0

New features

2.0.8

Version updated for Greengrass nucleus version 2.5.0 release.

2.0.7

Version updated for Greengrass nucleus version 2.4.0 release.

2.0.6

Version updated for Greengrass nucleus version 2.3.0 release.

2.0.5

Version updated for Greengrass nucleus version 2.2.0 release.

2.0.4

Version updated for Greengrass nucleus version 2.1.0 release.

2.0.3

Initial version.

See also