Technical requirements
There are a few things that you will need to set up and configure before we start exploring KVS. These are mentioned in the following sections.
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. Some of the services examples in this chapter are outside of the AWS Free Tier and will incur some charges for service usage.
Using a local development environment
You will need a working AWS CLI v2 environment. You can install the AWS CLI by downloading and running the installer (https://aws.amazon.com/cli/) for your environment's operating system. Some of the examples will require that you install the jq
command-line JSON processor...