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diff --git a/backends/aws_kinesis/README.md b/backends/aws_kinesis/README.md index b5726d2dbd..a6529f237f 100644 --- a/backends/aws_kinesis/README.md +++ b/backends/aws_kinesis/README.md @@ -13,15 +13,18 @@ cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=/usr/lib -DCMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR=/usr/include -D ## Configuration To enable data sending to the kinesis backend set the following options in `netdata.conf`: + ``` [backend] enabled = yes type = kinesis destination = us-east-1 ``` + set the `destination` option to an AWS region. In the Netdata configuration directory run `./edit-config aws_kinesis.conf` and set AWS credentials and stream name: + ``` # AWS credentials aws_access_key_id = your_access_key_id @@ -30,9 +33,9 @@ aws_secret_access_key = your_secret_access_key # destination stream stream name = your_stream_name ``` + Alternatively, AWS credentials can be set for the *netdata* user using AWS SDK for C++ [standard methods](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-cpp/v1/developer-guide/credentials.html). A partition key for every record is computed automatically by Netdata with the purpose to distribute records across available shards evenly. - -[]() +[](<>) |