Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink was previously known as Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics for Apache Flink.
Document history for Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink
The following table describes the important changes to the documentation since the last release of Managed Service for Apache Flink.
API version: 2018-05-23
Latest documentation update: August 30, 2023
| Change | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Kinesis Data Analytics is now known as Managed Service for Apache Flink | There are no changes to the service endpoints, APIs, the Command Line Interface, IAM access policies, CloudWatch Metrics, or the Amazon Billing dashboards. Your existing applications will continue to work as they did previously. For more information, see What Is Managed Service for Apache Flink? | August 30, 2023 |
| Support for Apache Flink version 1.15.2 | Managed Service for Apache Flink now supports applications that use Apache Flink version 1.15.2. Create Kinesis Data Analytics applications using the Apache Flink Table API. For more information, see Create an application. | November 22, 2022 |
| Support for Apache Flink version 1.13.2 | Managed Service for Apache Flink now supports applications that use Apache Flink version 1.13.2. Create Kinesis Data Analytics applications using the Apache Flink Table API. For more information, see Getting Started: Flink 1.13.2. | October 13, 2021 |
| Support for Python | Managed Service for Apache Flink now supports applications that use Python with the Apache Flink Table API & SQL. For more information, see Use Python. | March 25, 2021 |
| Support for Apache Flink 1.11.1 | Managed Service for Apache Flink now supports applications that use Apache Flink 1.11.1. Create Kinesis Data Analytics applications using the Apache Flink Table API. For more information, see Create an application. | November 19, 2020 |
| Apache Flink Dashboard | Use the Apache Flink Dashboard to monitor application health and performance. For more information, see Use the Apache Flink Dashboard with Managed Service for Apache Flink. | November 19, 2020 |
| EFO Consumer | Create applications that use an Enhanced Fan-Out (EFO) consumer to read from a Kinesis Data Stream. For more information, see EFO Consumer. | October 6, 2020 |
| Apache Beam | Create applications that use Apache Beam to process streaming data. For more information, see Use CloudFormation with Managed Service for Apache Flink. | September 15, 2020 |
| Performance | How to troubleshoot application performance issues, and how to create a performant application. For more information, see . | July 21, 2020 |
| Custom Keystore | How to access an Amazon MSK cluster that uses a custom keystore for encryption in transit. For more information, see Custom Truststore. | June 10, 2020 |
| CloudWatch Alarms | Recommendations for creating CloudWatch alarms with Managed Service for Apache Flink. For more information, see . | June 5, 2020 |
| New CloudWatch Metrics | Managed Service for Apache Flink now emits 22 metrics to Amazon CloudWatch Metrics. For more information, see . | May 12, 2020 |
| Custom CloudWatch Metrics | Define application-specific metrics and emit them to Amazon CloudWatch Metrics. For more information, see . | May 12, 2020 |
| Example: Read From a Kinesis Stream in a Different Account | Learn how to access a Kinesis stream in a different Amazon account in your Managed Service for Apache Flink application. For more information, see Cross-Account. | March 30, 2020 |
| Support for Apache Flink 1.8.2 | Managed Service for Apache Flink now supports applications that use Apache Flink 1.8.2. Use the Flink StreamingFileSink connector to write output directly to S3. For more information, see Create an application. | December 17, 2019 |
| Managed Service for Apache Flink VPC | Configure a Managed Service for Apache Flink application to connect to a virtual private cloud. For more information, see Configure MSF to access resources in an Amazon VPC. | November 25, 2019 |
| Managed Service for Apache Flink Best Practices | Best practices for creating and administering Managed Service for Apache Flink applications. For more information, see . | October 14, 2019 |
| Analyze Managed Service for Apache Flink Application Logs | Use CloudWatch Logs Insights to monitor your Managed Service for Apache Flink application. For more information, see . | June 26, 2019 |
| Managed Service for Apache Flink Application Runtime Properties | Work with Runtime Properties in Managed Service for Apache Flink. For more information, see Use runtime properties in Managed Service for Apache Flink. | June 24, 2019 |
| Tagging Managed Service for Apache Flink Applications | Use application tagging to determine per-application costs, control access, or for user-defined purposes. For more information, see Add tags to Managed Service for Apache Flink applications. | May 8, 2019 |
| Logging Managed Service for Apache Flink API Calls with Amazon CloudTrail | Managed Service for Apache Flink is integrated with Amazon CloudTrail, a service that provides a record of actions taken by a user, role, or an Amazon service in Managed Service for Apache Flink. For more information, see . | March 22, 2019 |
| Create an Application (Firehose Sink) | Exercise to create a Managed Service for Apache Flink with an Amazon Kinesis data stream as a source, and an Amazon Data Firehose stream as a sink. For more information, see Firehose sink. | December 13, 2018 |
| Public release | This is the initial release of the Managed Service for Apache Flink Developer Guide for Java Applications. | November 27, 2018 |