> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Amazon Kinesis Stream Input source plugin

export const entity_0 = "Amazon Kinesis Stream Input source plugin"

export const plugin_0 = "Amazon Kinesis Stream Input source plugin"

The Amazon Kinesis Stream Input [source plugin](/ingest/pipeline/plugins/source-plugins)
(name: `aws_kinesis_stream`)
lets you retrieve data from Amazon Kinesis Stream and ingest it into a telemetry
pipeline.

This is a [pull-based](/ingest/pipeline/plugins/source-plugins#push-based-and-pull-based-source-plugins) source plugin.

<Note>
  This plugin doesn't support duplicates of itself within the same pipeline.
</Note>

## Supported telemetry types

The {plugin_0} for Chronosphere Telemetry Pipeline supports these telemetry types:

|                    Logs                    |             Metrics             |              Traces             |
| :----------------------------------------: | :-----------------------------: | :-----------------------------: |
| <Icon icon="circle-check" color="green" /> | <Icon icon="ban" color="red" /> | <Icon icon="ban" color="red" /> |

## Configuration parameters

Use the parameters in this section to configure the {entity_0}. The
Telemetry Pipeline web interface uses the items in the **Name** column to
describe these parameters. [Pipeline configuration files](/ingest/pipeline/v2/configure/config-files)
use the items in the **Key** column as YAML keys.

### Required

| Name                        | Key                     | Description                                                     | Default |
| --------------------------- | ----------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| **AWS Access Key**          | `aws_access_key_id`     | Required. Your AWS access key path.                             | *none*  |
| **AWS Secret Key**          | `aws_secret_access_key` | Required. Your AWS secret key path.                             | *none*  |
| **AWS Kinesis Stream Name** | `stream_name`           | Required. The AWS Kinesis stream name.                          | *none*  |
| **AWS Region**              | `aws_region`            | Required. The name of the AWS region. For example, `us-east-1`. | *none*  |

### Advanced

| Name                          | Key              | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Default |
| ----------------------------- | ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| **Number of fetched records** | `limit`          | The maximum number of records to fetch from the stream on each iteration.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | `1000`  |
| **Pull Interval**             | `empty_interval` | How long to wait before fetching more records. If the stream returns empty, Telemetry Pipeline will continue to pull.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | `1s`    |
| **Memory Buffer Limit**       | `mem_buf_limit`  | For pipelines with the Deployment or DaemonSet [workload](/ingest/pipeline/v2/configure/kubernetes/workloads) type only. Sets a limit for how much buffered data the plugin can write to memory, which affects [backpressure](/ingest/pipeline/v2/configure/backpressure). This value must follow Fluent Bit's rules for [unit sizes](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/administration/configuring-fluent-bit#unit-sizes). If unspecified, no limit is enforced. | *none*  |