Simple Queue Service (SQS)
Explore the fundamentals of Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), learning how to use it for message queuing and buffering between distributed application components. Understand different queue types, message lifecycle, and how SQS ensures reliable, scalable message processing in AWS environments.
What is SQS?
SQS is a web service that gives you access to a message queue that can be used to store messages while waiting for the messages to process them. It is a distributed queue system that enables web service applications to quickly and reliably queue messages that one component in the application generates and another consumes.
In other words, a queue is a temporary repository for messages that are awaiting process.
You can also think of SQS as a buffer between two components, producing data and a component consuming data. This means that a queue consumes data. This means that a queue could potentially resolve issues that come about when a producer is producing at a larger rate than what the consumer can handle.
Queues types
There are two types of queues:
- Standard (default)
- FIFO
Standard queues
Standard queues let you have nearly an unlimited number of transactions per second. ...