Serverless Programming Cookbook

Using the CloudFormation template

You can create a CloudFormation template file with the following Resource and Outputs sections to create a simple KDS:

Resources:  KinesisStream:    Type: AWS::Kinesis::Stream    Properties:      Name: my-first-kinesis-stream      RetentionPeriodHours: 24      ShardCount: 1Outputs:  KinesisStreamId:    Value: !Ref KinesisStream    Export:      Name: "KinesisStreamId"  KinesisStreamArn:    Value: !GetAtt KinesisStream.Arn    Export:      Name: "KinesisStreamArn"

You may also add a template version and description to the top of the template file and then execute the stack using the aws cloudformation create-stack command. The complete commands and the template are available with the code files.

If successful, the describe-stacks subcommand should return ...