Deploying a Timestream database

Let's now use the AWS console to deploy, load data into, and query a Timestream database. First, we will create our table.

Note

Timestream is not included in the AWS free tier, so following this lab will be chargeable by AWS. This lab is designed to keep costs at a minimum while learning the critical elements required for the exam.

Proceed as follows:

1. Go to the AWS console and navigate to Amazon Timestream.
2. Click Create database.
3. Choose Sample database. Enter dbcert-timestream as the Database name value and leave all other values at their default values. Click Create database at the bottom of the page.
4. A database will take be created immediately, complete with sample data loaded.
5. Click Query editor on the left-hand menu.
6. Select your database from the dropdown and wait for a list of tables to be loaded.
7. Click on the table names to view columns from which you can build your queries. Type the following command...