Server-Side Connectors

This article describes how to set up the AWS Kinesis Streams (Tealium-Provided Credentials) connector.

In this article:

Connector Actions

Action Name	AudienceStream	EventStream
Send Event Data to Kinesis Stream	✗	✓
Send Visitor Data to Kinesis Stream	✓	✗
Send Customized Data to Kinesis Stream (Advanced)	✓	✓

Navigate to the Connector Marketplace and add a new connector. For general instructions on how to add a connector, see the About Connectors article.

After adding the connector, configure the following settings:

Region
Required: select region
Assume Role: ARN
Optional: provide Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of role to assume
Example: arn:aws:iam::222222222222:role/myrole
See: Switching to an IAM Role
Assume Role: Session Name
Required: provide identifier for assumed role session.
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 2. Maximum length of 64.
Assume Role: External ID
Optional: provide external identifier
See: How to Use an External ID

Click Done when you are finished configuring the connector.

Click Continue to configure the connector actions. Enter in a name for the action and then select the action type from the drop-down menu.

The following section describes how to set up parameters and options for each action.

Parameter	Description
Stream Name	Select stream to send data to If your IAM policy does not grant 'kinesis:ListStreams' permission, you will need to manually enter a Custom Value
Partition Key	(Required)
Sequence Number For Ordering
Explicit Hash Key
Print Attribute Names	If attribute names get updated, the names in the payload will reflect the update.

Parameter	Description
Stream Name	Select stream to send data to If your IAM policy does not grant 'kinesis:ListStreams' permission, you will need to manually enter a Custom Value
Partition Key	(Required)
Sequence Number For Ordering
Explicit Hash Key
Include Current Visit Data
Print Attribute Names	If attribute names get updated, the names in the payload will reflect the update.

Parameter	Description
Stream Name	Select stream to send data to If your IAM policy does not grant 'kinesis:ListStreams' permission, you will need to manually enter a Custom Value
Partition Key	(Required)
Sequence Number For Ordering
Explicit Hash Key
Custom Message Definition
Template Variables	Optional Provide template variables as data input for templates (see: Template Variables Guide) Name nested template variables with the dot notation (Example: items.name) Nested template variables are typically built from data layer list attributes
Templates	Optional Provide templates to be referenced in message data (see: Templates Guide) Templates are injected by name with double curly braces into supported fields (Example: {{SomeTemplateName}})