Technical requirements
There are multiple requirements you need to have ready before you get started with this chapter. The following are those requirements:
- AWS account setup: You will need to get an AWS account to run the examples included in this chapter. If you do not have an account already, you can go to https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started/ to create an account. AWS accounts offer a Free Tier (https://aws.amazon.com/free). The AWS Free Tier allows you to use many AWS services for free within specified usage limits. AWS Lambda, AWS Cloud9, AWS CloudWatch, and EC2 are eligible Free Tier services. Please note that Amazon Kinesis Data Streams is not currently available as a Free Tier service. Refer to the Kinesis Data Streams pricing for the associated costs: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-streams/pricing/.
- Using a local development environment: You will need a working Python 3.x environment. You can install Python 3.x by downloading and running the installer...