Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics now supports Apache Flink Kinesis Data Firehose Producer v2.0.0

With v2.0.0 of the Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose Producer for Apache Flink, Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics now enables Apache Flink applications to send data directly to Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose. The new version adds support for the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Assume Role credentials provider, includes bug fixes, and updates the AWS SDK and other dependencies.

Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics is the easiest way to transform and analyze streaming data in real time with Apache Flink. Apache Flink is an open source framework and engine for processing data streams. Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics reduces the complexity of building and managing Apache Flink applications. Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics for Apache Flink integrates with Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK), Amazon Kinesis Data Streams, Amazon Elasticsearch Service, Amazon DynamoDB streams, Amazon S3, custom integrations, and more using built-in connectors. You can learn more about Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics for Apache Flink and for SQL applications here and here.

To get started with the new version of the Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose Producer for Apache Flink, see the Maven Repository and the GitHub repository.

For a list of where Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics is available, please see the AWS Region Table.