# Streaming Data with AWS Kinesis and Lambda
This is a DataCamp course: Learn how to work with streaming data using serverless technologies on AWS.
## Course Details
- **Duration:** ~4h
- **Level:** Advanced
- **Instructor:** Maksim Pecherskiy
- **Students:** ~19,440,000 learners
- **Subjects:** AWS, Cloud, Python
- **Content brand:** DataCamp
- **Practice:** Hands-on practice included
- **Prerequisites:** Introduction to AWS Boto in Python, Introduction to Shell, Streaming Concepts
## Learning Outcomes
- AWS
- Cloud
- Python
- Streaming Data with AWS Kinesis and Lambda
## Traditional Course Outline
1. Streaming in the cloud - In this first chapter, you will learn about the differences between batch and stream processing, create your first stream, manage its permissions, write to it and read from it.
2. Going serverless - The next step in your streaming data journey is learning how to use transformational lambda functions to go serverless. Through hands-on exercises, you will add lambda layers and trigger lambda functions on specific conditions.
3. Analyzing streaming data - You're now ready to encode and decode streaming data and analyze data directly in the stream. You will even use multiple streams to get daily vehicle top speeds.
4. Monitoring and visualizing streaming data - In this final chapter, you will discover how to monitor your stream's performance using logs, metrics, alarms and dashboards. You will use Elasticsearch and build your own Kibana dashboard.
## Resources and Related Learning
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Streaming Data with AWS Kinesis and Lambda
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Updated 02/2026AWSCloud4 hr22 videos56 Exercises4,500 XP8,935Statement of Accomplishment
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In this course, you’ll learn how to leverage these powerful technologies by helping a fictional data engineer named Cody. Your goal is to help her to collect real-time streaming data from city-owned vehicles, analyze the data, and send relevant alerts like speed warnings to drivers. Using Amazon Kinesis and Firehose, you’ll learn how to ingest data from millions of sources before using Kinesis Analytics to analyze data as it moves through the stream. You’ll also spin up serverless functions in AWS Lambda that will conditionally trigger actions based on the data received. By the end of this training you’ll know how to create live ElasticSearch dashboards with AWS QuickSight and CloudWatch—and hopefully helped Cody complete her ambitious project.
Prerequisites
Introduction to AWS Boto in PythonIntroduction to ShellStreaming Concepts1
Streaming in the cloud
In this first chapter, you will learn about the differences between batch and stream processing, create your first stream, manage its permissions, write to it and read from it.
2
Going serverless
The next step in your streaming data journey is learning how to use transformational lambda functions to go serverless. Through hands-on exercises, you will add lambda layers and trigger lambda functions on specific conditions.
3
Analyzing streaming data
You're now ready to encode and decode streaming data and analyze data directly in the stream. You will even use multiple streams to get daily vehicle top speeds.
4
Monitoring and visualizing streaming data
In this final chapter, you will discover how to monitor your stream's performance using logs, metrics, alarms and dashboards. You will use Elasticsearch and build your own Kibana dashboard.
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FAQs
What AWS services does this course teach me to use for streaming data?
You will learn Amazon Kinesis for data ingestion, Kinesis Firehose for delivery, Kinesis Analytics for real-time analysis, and AWS Lambda for serverless processing triggered by stream events.
What is the practical scenario used throughout this course?
You help a data engineer named Cody collect real-time streaming data from city-owned vehicles, analyze it, and send alerts like speed warnings to drivers.
Is this course appropriate for cloud computing beginners?
No. This is an advanced course with nine prerequisites including AWS Concepts, Introduction to AWS Boto in Python, Streaming Concepts, and several Python courses.
Does the course cover serverless functions for processing streaming data?
Yes. You will learn to create AWS Lambda functions that conditionally trigger actions based on data received from Kinesis streams, enabling automated responses to real-time events.
What programming language is used to interact with AWS services?
Python is the primary language. You will use the AWS Boto library and Python scripts to set up and manage Kinesis streams and Lambda functions.
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