Simple Queue Service (SQS)
As mentioned earlier, SQS is the message queue provided by AWS. Applications that can interact with SQS can send and receive messages within the AWS ecosystem.
Let's start by discussing how to configure an SQS from the Amazon console. As usual, the first step is to log in to the Amazon console and then select our service from the main dashboard. The service name in this case will be called Simple Queue Service:
From there, we will need to either click on Getting started or on Create New Queue. The queue creation page will offer us the ability to configure the behavior of the new queue. For example, we can set the maximum message size allowed, the number of days we can retain a message, or even the wait time to receive a message:
Once you are satisfied with your settings, click on Create Queue—I picked the name eventqueue.
This will create a new AWS SQS queue that we can utilize in our code. Now, it's time to discuss how we can write code to interact with our new queue...
