---
id: aws-cdk-aws-kinesisfirehose-alpha
version: "2.186.0a0"
license: Apache-2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# aws-cdk.aws-kinesisfirehose-alpha — This module is deprecated. All constructs are now available under aws-kinesisfirehose

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 132.6K/mo

## What it is and what it does

This package provides AWS CDK L2 constructs for Amazon Data Firehose (formerly Kinesis Data Firehose), a managed service that delivers real-time streaming data to storage and analytics destinations. It allows you to define delivery streams in Python code, specifying sources (Kinesis streams or direct API calls), destinations (currently S3 via L2 constructs, with L1 support for Redshift, Elasticsearch, and third-party services), and optional server-side encryption with AWS-owned or customer-managed KMS keys.

However, this module is deprecated and marked as inactive. The package summary and description explicitly state that all constructs have moved to aws-kinesisfirehose within aws-cdk-lib. While the module remains functional and the underlying AWS CDK repository is actively maintained, new code should use the canonical location in aws-cdk-lib rather than this alpha module.

Use it for:

- Define S3-backed Firehose delivery streams in CDK infrastructure-as-code projects that predate the migration to aws-cdk-lib.
- Set up real-time data pipelines that consume from Kinesis streams and deliver to S3 with custom prefixes and error handling.
- Configure server-side encryption for Firehose delivery streams using customer-managed or AWS-owned KMS keys.
- Migrate legacy CDK projects that depend on this alpha module before sunsetting the package entirely.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Provides AWS CDK constructs for defining Amazon Data Firehose delivery streams that push real-time streaming data to destinations like S3, Redshift, or third-party services.

No. This package is deprecated and explicitly directs users to aws-kinesisfirehose in aws-cdk-lib. Install only if maintaining or migrating existing code that already depends on it; for new projects, use aws-cdk-lib/aws-kinesisfirehose instead. No known security vulnerabilities, but the alpha status and inactive classification signal that this is a legacy module.

## Install

pip install aws-cdk-aws-kinesisfirehose-alpha
uv add aws-cdk-aws-kinesisfirehose-alpha
poetry add aws-cdk-aws-kinesisfirehose-alpha

## Installing aws-cdk.aws-kinesisfirehose-alpha

Before you install: Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel distribution. The package is marked inactive (Development Status 7) and its summary explicitly states it is deprecated—all constructs have moved to aws-kinesisfirehose in aws-cdk-lib. The repository remains active and well-maintained, but this alpha module is no longer the canonical location.

License in practice: Licensed under Apache-2.0 (permissive), which allows commercial use, modification, and distribution with attribution and no warranty. No notable restrictions for typical use.

Quickstart:

from aws_cdk import aws_kinesisfirehose_alpha as firehose
from aws_cdk import aws_s3 as s3

bucket = s3.Bucket(self, "Bucket")
firehose.DeliveryStream(self, "Delivery Stream",
    destination=firehose.destinations.S3Bucket(bucket)
)

Requires Python 3.9 or later; intended for use within AWS CDK projects (aws-cdk-lib and constructs are runtime dependencies).

Verify before relying:

- Whether the alpha module will continue to receive security updates or if migration to aws-cdk-lib/aws-kinesisfirehose is mandatory.
- Performance or behavioral differences between this deprecated alpha module and the current aws-kinesisfirehose in aws-cdk-lib.

## Package facts

- License: Apache-2.0 (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 132.6K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

aws firehose cdk constructs, kinesis data firehose infrastructure, streaming data delivery aws, cdk firehose destination, real-time data pipeline aws, firehose delivery stream python, aws data streaming infrastructure, aws-cdk, deprecated, infrastructure-as-code

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