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Building Event Workflows with SNS and SQS

In this lab, you will create an SNS topic that implements a fanout pattern to push events to multiple SQS queues so that those events can later be processed by downstream systems. This scenario reflects a common fanout architectural pattern that you can implement in many different applications.

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Level
Beginner
Last updated
May 28, 2026
Duration
30m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Create an SNS Topic
    • Create a new SNS topic in the AWS console.
    • Configure the topic with sensible defaults.
  2. Challenge

    Create SQS Queues
    • Creating two separate SQS queues
    • Configure the SQS queues to allow your SNS topic to publish to them
  3. Challenge

    Test the SNS to SQS Fanout Pattern
    • Send a message to the SNS topic
    • Review the message count for the SQS queues
    • Receive the message for the SQS queue
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