> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.open-metadata.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Kinesis Connector | OpenMetadata Streaming Integration

> Connect Amazon Kinesis to OpenMetadata with our comprehensive connector guide. Set up real-time streaming data ingestion and metadata extraction easily.

export const MetadataIngestionUi = ({connector, selectServicePath, addNewServicePath, serviceConnectionPath}) => {
  return <>
    <p>
      To ingest metadata from your sources, you need to create a service connection.
      The service connects your source system with OpenMetadata. Once you create
      a service, you can use it to configure your ingestion workflows.<br />
      <br />
      To create a service connection and ingest your metadata, follow the steps below:
    </p>
      <Steps>
      <Step title="Select the Service">
        <ol>
          <li>
            On the left navigation bar, click <strong>Settings</strong>.
          </li>
          <li>
            On the next page, click <strong>Services</strong>, and then select the service.
            <img src="/public/images/connectors/visit-services-page.png" alt="Visit Services Page" />
          </li>
        </ol>
      </Step>

      <Step title="Create a New Service">
        To add a new service connection, click <strong>Add New Service</strong>.
        <img src="/public/images/connectors/create-new-service.png" alt="Create a new Service" />
      </Step>

      <Step title="Select the Connector">
        Select <strong>{connector}</strong> as the service type and click <strong>Next</strong>.

        {selectServicePath && <img src={selectServicePath} alt="Select Service" />}
      </Step>

      <Step title="Name and Describe the Service">
        Enter a unique <strong>Service Name</strong> and <strong>Description</strong>.
        <ul>
         <li><strong>Service Name</strong>: OpenMetadata identifies services by their service name. Enter a name that distinguishes this deployment from other services, including other {connector} services you are ingesting metadata from.</li>
        </ul>

        <Note>
          The service name cannot be changed after it is set.
       </Note>

        {addNewServicePath && <img src={addNewServicePath} alt="Add New Service" />}
      </Step>

      <Step title="Configure the Service Connection">
        Set up the connection settings required for {connector} to set up the service and start ingesting metadata from your sources. The right-hand panel displays help documentation for the selected connection type in the product UI.
        {serviceConnectionPath && <img src={serviceConnectionPath} alt="Configure Service connection" />}
      </Step>
    </Steps>
  </>;
};

export const ConnectorDetailsHeader = ({name, icon, stage, availableFeatures, unavailableFeatures = [], availableFeaturesCollate = []}) => {
  const showSubHeading = availableFeatures?.length > 0 || unavailableFeatures?.length > 0 || availableFeaturesCollate?.length > 0;
  const totalAvailableFeatures = [...availableFeatures || [], ...availableFeaturesCollate || []];
  return <div className="container">
      <div className="Heading">
        <div className="flex items-center gap-3">
          {icon && <div className="IconContainer">
              <img src={icon} alt={name} noZoom className="ConnectorIcon" />
            </div>}
          <h1 className="ConnectorName">{name}</h1>
          <span className={`StageBadge ${stage === 'PROD' ? 'prod' : 'beta'}`}>
            {stage}
          </span>
        </div>
      </div>
      {showSubHeading && <div className="SubHeading">
          <div className="FeaturesHeading">Feature List</div>
          <div className="FeaturesList">
            {totalAvailableFeatures.map(feature => <div className="FeatureTag AvailableFeature" key={feature}>
                ✓ {feature}
              </div>)}
            {unavailableFeatures.map(feature => <div className="FeatureTag UnavailableFeature" key={feature}>
                ✕ {feature}
              </div>)}
          </div>
        </div>}
    </div>;
};

<ConnectorDetailsHeader icon="/public/images/connectors/kinesis.webp" name="Kinesis" stage="PROD" availableFeatures={["Topics", "Sample Data"]} unavailableFeatures={[]} />

In this section, we provide guides and references to use the Kinesis connector.
Configure and schedule Kinesis metadata workflows from the OpenMetadata UI:

* [Requirements](#requirements)
* [Metadata Ingestion](#metadata-ingestion)
* [Troubleshooting](/v1.12.x/connectors/messaging/kinesis/troubleshooting)

## Requirements

The Kinesis connector ingests metadata using the Kinesis boto3 client.
OpenMetadata retrieves information about streams and sample data from the streams in the AWS account.
The user must have the following policy set to access the metadata from Kinesis.

```json theme={null}
{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "KinesisPolicy",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "kinesis:ListStreams",
                "kinesis:DescribeStreamSummary",
                "kinesis:ListShards",
                "kinesis:GetShardIterator",
                "kinesis:GetRecords"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        }
    ]
}
```

For more information on Kinesis permissions visit the [AWS Kinesis official documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/controlling-access.html).

## Metadata Ingestion

<MetadataIngestionUi connector={"Kinesis"} selectServicePath={"/public/images/connectors/kinesis/select-service.png"} addNewServicePath={"/public/images/connectors/kinesis/add-new-service.png"} serviceConnectionPath={"/public/images/connectors/kinesis/service-connection.png"} />

# Connection Details

<Steps>
  <Step title="Connection Details">
    <Tip>
      When using a **Hybrid Ingestion Runner**, any sensitive credential fields—such as passwords, API keys, or private keys—must reference secrets using the following format:

      ```
      password: secret:/my/database/password
      ```

      This applies **only to fields marked as secrets** in the connection form (these typically mask input and show a visibility toggle icon).
      For a complete guide on managing secrets in hybrid setups, see the [Hybrid Ingestion Runner Secret Management Guide](https://docs.getcollate.io/getting-started/day-1/hybrid-saas/hybrid-ingestion-runner#3.-manage-secrets-securely).
    </Tip>

    * **AWS Access Key ID** & **AWS Secret Access Key**: When you interact with AWS, you specify your AWS security credentials to verify who you are and whether you have
      permission to access the resources that you are requesting. AWS uses the security credentials to authenticate and
      authorize your requests ([docs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/security-creds.html)).
      Access keys consist of two parts: An **access key ID** (for example, `AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE`), and a **secret access key** (for example, `wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY`).
      You must use both the access key ID and secret access key together to authenticate your requests.
      You can find further information on how to manage your access keys [here](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_credentials_access-keys.html).
    * **AWS Region**: Each AWS Region is a separate geographic area in which AWS clusters data centers ([docs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/Concepts.RegionsAndAvailabilityZones.html)).
      As AWS can have instances in multiple regions, we need to know the region the service you want reach belongs to.
      Note that the AWS Region is the only required parameter when configuring a connection. When connecting to the
      services programmatically, there are different ways in which we can extract and use the rest of AWS configurations.
      You can find further information about configuring your credentials [here](https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/guide/credentials.html#configuring-credentials).
    * **AWS Session Token (optional)**: If you are using temporary credentials to access your services, you will need to inform the AWS Access Key ID
      and AWS Secrets Access Key. Also, these will include an AWS Session Token.
      You can find more information on [Using temporary credentials with AWS resources](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_credentials_temp_use-resources.html).
    * **Endpoint URL (optional)**: To connect programmatically to an AWS service, you use an endpoint. An *endpoint* is the URL of the
      entry point for an AWS web service. The AWS SDKs and the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) automatically use the
      default endpoint for each service in an AWS Region. But you can specify an alternate endpoint for your API requests.
      Find more information on [AWS service endpoints](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html).
    * **Profile Name**: A named profile is a collection of settings and credentials that you can apply to a AWS CLI command.
      When you specify a profile to run a command, the settings and credentials are used to run that command.
      Multiple named profiles can be stored in the config and credentials files.
      You can inform this field if you'd like to use a profile other than `default`.
      Find here more information about [Named profiles for the AWS CLI](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-profiles.html).
    * **Assume Role Arn**: Typically, you use `AssumeRole` within your account or for cross-account access. In this field you'll set the
      `ARN` (Amazon Resource Name) of the policy of the other account.
      A user who wants to access a role in a different account must also have permissions that are delegated from the account
      administrator. The administrator must attach a policy that allows the user to call `AssumeRole` for the `ARN` of the role in the other account.
      This is a required field if you'd like to `AssumeRole`.
      Find more information on [AssumeRole](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/STS/latest/APIReference/API_AssumeRole.html).

    <Tip>
      When using Assume Role authentication, ensure you provide the following details:

      * **AWS Region**: Specify the AWS region for your deployment.
      * **Assume Role ARN**: Provide the ARN of the role in your AWS account that OpenMetadata will assume.
    </Tip>

    * **Assume Role Session Name**: An identifier for the assumed role session. Use the role session name to uniquely identify a session when the same role
      is assumed by different principals or for different reasons.
      By default, we'll use the name `OpenMetadataSession`.
      Find more information about the [Role Session Name](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/STS/latest/APIReference/API_AssumeRole.html#:~:text=An%20identifier%20for%20the%20assumed%20role%20session.).
    * **Assume Role Source Identity**: The source identity specified by the principal that is calling the `AssumeRole` operation. You can use source identity
      information in AWS CloudTrail logs to determine who took actions with a role.
      Find more information about [Source Identity](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/STS/latest/APIReference/API_AssumeRole.html#:~:text=Required%3A%20No-,SourceIdentity,-The%20source%20identity).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Test the Connection">
    Once the credentials have been added, click on *Test Connection* and *Save* the changes.

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/openmetadata/9G75p72jJKYgvFUQ/public/images/connectors/test-connection.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=9G75p72jJKYgvFUQ&q=85&s=4ac71a56e30fa3dd1be86f82c1f07068" alt="Test Connection" width="1494" height="310" data-path="public/images/connectors/test-connection.png" />
  </Step>

  <Step title=" Configure Metadata Ingestion">
    In this step we will configure the metadata ingestion pipeline,
    Please follow the instructions below

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/openmetadata/9SXjaLbGROaofLQU/public/images/connectors/configure-metadata-ingestion-messaging.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=9SXjaLbGROaofLQU&q=85&s=222ed11278ae33af37cdc428865a5232" alt="Configure Metadata Ingestion" width="1518" height="1164" data-path="public/images/connectors/configure-metadata-ingestion-messaging.png" />

    #### Metadata Ingestion Options

    * **Name**: This field refers to the name of ingestion pipeline, you can customize the name or use the generated name.
    * **Topic Filter Pattern (Optional)**: Use it to control whether to include topics as part of metadata ingestion.
      * **Include**: Explicitly include topics by adding a list of comma-separated regular expressions to the 'Include' field. OpenMetadata will include all topics with names matching one or more of the supplied regular expressions. All other topics will be excluded.
      * **Exclude**: Explicitly exclude topics by adding a list of comma-separated regular expressions to the 'Exclude' field. OpenMetadata will exclude all topics with names matching one or more of the supplied regular expressions. All other topics will be included.
    * **Ingest Sample Data (toggle)**: Set the 'Ingest Sample Data' toggle to ingest sample data from the topics.
    * **Enable Debug Log (toggle)**: Set the 'Enable Debug Log' toggle to set the default log level to debug.
    * **Mark Deleted Topics (toggle):** Set the 'Mark Deleted Topics' toggle to flag topics as soft-deleted if they are not present anymore in the source system.
    * **Extract Consumer Groups (toggle):** Set the 'Extract Consumer Groups' toggle to extract active consumer group metadata for each topic, including group state, members, and partition assignments.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Schedule the Ingestion and Deploy">
    Scheduling can be set up at an hourly, daily, weekly, or manual cadence. The
    timezone is in UTC. Select a Start Date to schedule for ingestion. It is
    optional to add an End Date.

    Review your configuration settings. If they match what you intended,
    click Deploy to create the service and schedule metadata ingestion.

    If something doesn't look right, click the Back button to return to the
    appropriate step and change the settings as needed.

    After configuring the workflow, you can click on Deploy to create the
    pipeline.

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/openmetadata/j50Bw6ZBiFbbFFnF/public/images/connectors/schedule.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=j50Bw6ZBiFbbFFnF&q=85&s=24b0c2f55f803efde5fb3b3bc24ed3ae" alt="Schedule the Workflow" width="2733" height="1083" data-path="public/images/connectors/schedule.png" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="View the Ingestion Pipeline">
    Once the workflow has been successfully deployed, you can view the
    Ingestion Pipeline running from the Service Page.

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/openmetadata/9G75p72jJKYgvFUQ/public/images/connectors/view-ingestion-pipeline.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=9G75p72jJKYgvFUQ&q=85&s=7c4e411977371617cb1312efb9f9bfee" alt="View Ingestion Pipeline" width="2733" height="1271" data-path="public/images/connectors/view-ingestion-pipeline.png" />

    <Tip>
      If AutoPilot is enabled, workflows like usage tracking, data lineage, and similar tasks will be handled automatically. Users don’t need to set up or manage them - AutoPilot takes care of everything in the system.
    </Tip>
  </Step>
</Steps>