Real-Time Serverless Ingestion, Streaming and Analytics Using Confluent and AWS

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This post details the integration of Confluent Cloud with AWS serverless services, specifically AWS Lambda and Amazon Timestream, to build a real-time serverless ingestion, streaming, and analytics pipeline. It provides a step-by-step guide on using the AWS Lambda Sink Connector to stream data from Confluent Cloud to Amazon Timestream. The post also outlines the prerequisites, creation of AWS resources via CloudFormation, Confluent Cloud cluster and topic setup, API key generation, and the configuration of the AWS Lambda Sink Connector. It highlights the serverless nature of the architecture, enabling users to focus on application development without managing infrastructure.