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 Amazon CLI for Kinesis Data Streams.
You need an Amazon account and a web browser to access the Amazon Web Services Management Console.
For console access, use your IAM user name and password to sign in to the
Amazon Web Services Management Console
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 need the latest Amazon SDK for Java
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)