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diff --git a/backends/aws_kinesis/README.md b/backends/aws_kinesis/README.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a9cc77d6e --- /dev/null +++ b/backends/aws_kinesis/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +# Using netdata with AWS Kinesis Data Streams + +## Prerequisites + +To use AWS Kinesis as a backend AWS SDK for C++ should be [installed](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/en_us/sdk-for-cpp/v1/developer-guide/setup.html) first. `libcrypto`, `libssl`, and `libcurl` are also required to compile netdata with Kinesis support enabled. Next, netdata should be re-installed from the source. The installer will detect that the required libraries are now available. + +If AWS SDK for C++ is being installed from sources, it is useful to set `-DBUILD_ONLY="kinesis"`. Otherwise, the building process could take a very long time. + +## Configuration + +To enable data sending to the kinesis backend set the following options in `netdata.conf`: +``` +[backend] + enabled = yes + type = kinesis + destination = us-east-1 +``` +set the `destination` option to an AWS region. + +In the netdata configuration directory run `./edit-config aws_kinesis.conf` and set AWS credentials and stream name: +``` +# AWS credentials +aws_access_key_id = your_access_key_id +aws_secret_access_key = your_secret_access_key + +# destination stream +stream name = your_stream_name +``` +Alternatively, AWS credentials can be set for the *netdata* user using AWS SDK for C++ [standard methods](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-cpp/v1/developer-guide/credentials.html). + +A partition key for every record is computed automatically by the netdata with the purpose to distribute records across available shards evenly. + + +[]() |