AWS Bedrock Knowledge Bases: full course guide
Bedrock is the fastest way for AWS users to deploy RAG without managing infrastructure. Connect an S3 bucket to Amazon Bedrock to create a Living Documentation bot that updates every time a new doc is uploaded.
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01Bedrock & Knowledge Bases Overview
- Amazon Bedrock: Models, APIs, and Managed Services
- Knowledge Base Architecture: S3 → Embed → Vector Store
- Supported Embedding Models (Titan, Cohere)
- Managed Vector Store Options: OpenSearch, Aurora, Pinecone
- IAM Roles and Permissions for Bedrock
02Building the Knowledge Base
- Creating an S3 Data Source and Uploading Docs
- Configuring Chunking Strategy and Overlap
- Triggering a Sync to Index New Documents
- Querying with RetrieveAndGenerate API
- Inspecting Retrieved Chunks and Citations
03Living Documentation Bot
- S3 Event Notification → Lambda → Bedrock Sync Trigger
- Keeping the Knowledge Base Fresh on Every Upload
- Building a Simple Chat UI over the Knowledge Base API
- Monitoring Ingestion Status and Errors
- Capstone: Self-Updating Documentation Q&A Bot
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