Getting Started with Amazon SQS

Steps for Amazon SQS

1

Enter the Amazon SQS Console

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2

Create an Amazon SQS Queue

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3

Send Messages to the Queue

Store and move data between distributed application components and microservices.

10-minute tutorials

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Send messages between distributed applications

In this tutorial, you will learn how to set up asynchronous messaging with Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS). Amazon SQS is the AWS service that allows application components to communicate in the cloud. You will use the Amazon SQS console to create and configure a message queue, send a message, receive and delete that message, and then delete the queue.

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Videos

Decouple and scale applications using Amazon SQS and Amazon SNS (33:27)
Introducing Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) FIFO Queues (2:04)

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