AWS::Kinesis::Stream

• Creates a Kinesis stream that captures and transports data records that are emitted from data sources

• Real-time streaming model

• Producer can use Kinesis Agent, AWS SDK or Kinesis Producer Library (KPL)

Properties

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-kinesis-stream.html

RetentionPeriodHours

• Retention between 1 to 365 days
• Data cannot be deleted before this period

ShardCount

• Billing is per shard provisioned
• The partition key within each record tells to which shard the record will go
• Messages with same partition key go to the same shard
• Each shard supports 1MB/s incoming data and 2MB/s outgoing data