Chapter 2: Messaging and Data Streaming in AWS
AWS has an extensive array of services in the messaging space and is constantly adding more services and features to its repertoire. Some of these services are purpose-built and proprietary to Amazon, such as Amazon SQS, Amazon SNS, and the Amazon Kinesis umbrella of services. Several are open source projects being offered as managed services such as Amazon MQ and Amazon MSK.
In this chapter, we will take a brief look at the ecosystem of AWS services in the messaging space. After reading this chapter, you should have a good understanding of the various services, be able to differentiate between them, and understand the strengths of each service and how best to apply them to different architectures depending on the use case. The similarities and differences between each of these messaging services are also summarized in a table at the end of the chapter. The list of services covered in this chapter is as follows:
- Amazon Kinesis...
