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# Amazon Kinesis Data Streams Connector 2.0

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Anypoint Connector for Amazon Kinesis Data Streams (Amazon Kinesis Data Streams Connector) provides
access to standard Amazon Kinesis Data Stream operations using Anypoint Platform.

Amazon Kinesis is a streaming solution built by Amazon AWS to collect and process large streams of
data records in real time. To learn more, see the Amazon Kinesis official documentation.

For compatibility information and fixed issues, see the Amazon Kinesis Data Streams Release Notes.

> [!NOTE] Amazon Kinesis Data Streams Connector doesn’t support Windows because it uses the Kinesis
> Producer Library (KPL), which deprecated Windows support starting in version 0.14.0.

## Before You Begin

To use this connector, you must be familiar with:

- The Amazon Kinesis Data Streams API

- Anypoint Connectors

- Mule runtime engine (Mule)

- Elements and global elements in a Mule flow

- Creating a Mule app using Anypoint Studio or Anypoint Code Builder

Before creating an app, you must have:

- AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Access Key credentials with access rights to the Kinesis,
  DynamoDB, and CloudWatch services. You can find the required permissions
  [here](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/tutorial-stock-data-kplkcl-iam.html).

- Access to the Amazon Kinesis target resource

- Anypoint Studio or Anypoint Code Builder

## Common Use Cases for the Connector

Common use cases for Kinesis Data Streams connector include the following:

- Troubleshooting

  Collect log and event data from sources such as servers, desktops, and mobile devices. Then
  continuously process the data, generate metrics, power live dashboards, and put the aggregated
  data into data stores such as Amazon S3.

- Real-time analytics

  Run real-time analytics on high-frequency event data such as sensor data or social media data
  collected by Amazon Kinesis Data Streams. These analytics enable you to gain insights from your
  data at a frequency of minutes instead of a frequency of hours or days.

- Mobile data capture

  Have your mobile applications push data to Amazon Kinesis data streams from hundreds of thousands
  of devices, making the data available to you as soon as it is produced on the mobile devices.

For examples, see [Examples](https://docs.mulesoft.com/amazon-kinesis-connector/latest/amazon-kinesis-connector-examples).

## Audience

- New users, read:

  - [Using Anypoint Studio to Configure the Connector](https://docs.mulesoft.com/amazon-kinesis-connector/latest/amazon-kinesis-connector-studio) to create
    your Mule app

  - [Examples](https://docs.mulesoft.com/amazon-kinesis-connector/latest/amazon-kinesis-connector-examples), which provide one or more use cases for the
    connector

- Advanced users, read:

  - [XML and Maven Support](https://docs.mulesoft.com/amazon-kinesis-connector/latest/amazon-kinesis-connector-xml-maven)

  - [Examples](https://docs.mulesoft.com/amazon-kinesis-connector/latest/amazon-kinesis-connector-examples), which provides one or more use cases for the
    connector

## Authentication Types

Amazon Kinesis Data Streams Connector supports Access Key authentication. With this type of
authentication, the connector authenticates to AWS by using an access key, secret key, and
optionally, a role.

For information about configuring authentication, see
[Using Anypoint Studio to Configure Amazon Kinesis Data Streams](https://docs.mulesoft.com/amazon-kinesis-connector/latest/amazon-kinesis-connector-studio).

## Using Exchange Templates and Examples

[Anypoint Exchange](https://www.mulesoft.com/exchange/) provides templates that you can use as
starting points for your apps and examples that illustrate a complete solution.

## Next Step

After you complete the prerequisites and try the templates and examples, you are ready to create
your own app and configure the connector using [Anypoint Studio](https://docs.mulesoft.com/amazon-kinesis-connector/latest/amazon-kinesis-connector-studio).

## See Also

- [Introduction to Anypoint Connectors](https://docs.mulesoft.com/connectors/introduction/introduction-to-anypoint-connectors)

- [Use Exchange to Discover Connectors, Templates, and Examples](https://docs.mulesoft.com/connectors/introduction/intro-use-exchange)

- [Salesforce Help](https://help.salesforce.com)