Prerequisites
You must meet the following requirements in order to complete this tutorial:
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 with streams, shards, producers, and consumers. It is also helpful to have completed the steps in the following guide: Install and Configure the Amazon CLI.
You must have 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.
System Software Requirements
The system that you are using 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 2.2.9 or
higher, which you can obtain from GitHub at https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/tree/master