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title: "Create a Kinesis data stream"
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You start with creating a Kinesis data stream.

1. Navigate to the [Kinesis Console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/kinesis)

1. If displayed, up press **Get Started** in the service welcome dialog

1. Select **Create data stream** to navigate to the Amazon Kinesis Data Stream service:
	![](/images/flink-on-kda/kinesis-welcome-create-stream.png)

1. Choose `streaming-analytics-workshop` as **Kinesis stream name** 

1. Enter `8` as the **Number of shards**

1. Select **Create Kinesis stream** at the bottom of the page
	![](/images/flink-on-kda/kds-create-stream.png)

1. After a few moments, the data stream should have been created successfully and be in an *Active* state