AWS Data Pipeline

AWS Data Pipeline is a web service provided by Amazon Web Services that allows users to orchestrate and automate the movement and transformation of data across various AWS services and on-premises resources. It provides a simple yet powerful way to schedule, monitor, and manage data workflows, making it easier to process and analyze large volumes of data.

Data Pipeline core components

Here’s a breakdown of the key components of the AWS Data Pipeline that work together to manage data.

• Pipeline definition: It is essentially a blueprint that outlines the steps involved in the data management process. It defines the “business logic” of how our data will be transformed and moved around. We can think of it as a recipe with instructions for data processing.

• Pipeline: We upload the pipeline definition to AWS Data Pipeline to activate the pipeline and initiate the data processing tasks. A pipeline translates the instructions in the pipeline definition into an execution plan. ...