Github user rmetzger commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/2227#discussion_r70477574
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@@ -299,3 +299,43 @@ Otherwise, the returned stream name is used.
Other optional configuration keys can be found in `KinesisConfigConstants`.
+### Using Non-AWS Kinesis Endpoints for Testing
+
+It is sometimes desirable to have Flink operate as a consumer or producer
against a non-AWS Kinesis endpoint such as kinesalite; this is especially
useful when performing functional testing of a Flink application. The AWS
endpoint that would normally be inferred by the AWS region set in the Flink
configuration must be overriden via a configuration property.
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I don't think this is super critical to fix. Its easy to find the tool
using a search engine, and its just an example.
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