Registering an SQS Queue as a subscriber to an SNS Topic

This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to register an SQS Queue as a subscriber to an SNS Topic.

Hafeez Baig
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27 steps
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2 minutes

Amazon Web Services

Refer to the following guide to learn how to use IAM in the cloud\ <https://scribehow.com/shared/Creating_an_IAM_User_and_User_Group_in_AWS_Management_Console__hWNiiXlcRJKFqYZZEJD-cg> Refer to this guide to learn how to create an Amazon SQS Queue\ <https://scribehow.com/shared/Creating_an_Amazon_SQS_Queue_and_Playing_with_Messages__Afg04cVOSv6XTd2GV86IJA>

Sign in to **AWS Management Console** as an **IAM User** **Pre-requisite** - Ensure you have selected the AWS region closest to your location\ For this guide, we will be using us-east-2 (Ohio) as a preferred choice

Type **Simple Queue Service** in the search bar and click on **Simple Queue Service** to view the **Simple Queue Service** Dashboard

**What is Simple Queue Service in AWS?** Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) is a fully managed message queuing service provided by AWS. It enables you to decouple and scale microservices, distributed systems, and serverless applications by allowing components to communicate asynchronously.

**Amazon SQS** wizard will open, select the option **first-standard-queue**

On the top right corner click on the **Actions** dropdown button and select the option **Subscribe to Amazon SNS topic**

**What does Subscribing to an Amazon SNS mean?** Subscribing to an Amazon SNS (Simple Notification Service) topic allows a subscriber to receive notifications or messages published on that topic. It enables users or applications to receive updates, alerts, or information in real-time based on events or messages published on the topic.

**Subscribe to Amazon SNS topic** wizard will open, select **my-first-sns-topic** from the dropdown

Scroll to the end of the page and click on the **Save** button

Subscribed successfully to topic "**my-first-sns-topic**"

Congratulations on successfully subscribing to the Amazon SNS topic! Well done!

To view the Topics and Publish a message, click on the **Topics** from the left bar

**Topics** wizard will open, select the Name **my-first-sns-topic**

On the top right side click on the **Publish message** button

**Public message to topic** wizard will open, type "**I Want to see this message on SQS**" in the input text field

Scroll to the **Message body** section, select the **Identical payload for all delivery protocols** radio button for **Message structure** and type "**I want to see this message on SQS**" in the Message body

Scroll the page and click on the **Publish message** button

Message published to topic **my-first-sns-topic** successfully

Congratulations on successfully publishing a message to the topic **my-first-sns-topic**! Well done!

To view the published message, on the **Amazon SQS Queues** dashboard, click on the Name **first-standard-queue**

Click on the **Send and recieve messages** button on the top right corner

**Send and Recieve messages** wizard will open, scroll to the **Recieve messages** section and on right side click on the **Poll for messages** button

Scroll to the **Recieve messages** section and under the **Messages** click on the message ID which we have published the message earlier

**Message** wizard will open, here you can view the published message. Click on the **Done** button

Congratulations on successfully polling the published message! Good job!

To delete a queue, on the **Amazon SQS Queues** dashboard select the Name **first-standard-queue**

Click on the **Delete** button on the top right corner

**Delete queue** wizard will open, type "**confirm**" in the text input field and click on the **Delete** button

Queue first-standard-queue has been deleted successfully

Congratulations on successfully deleting the Queue first-standard-queue! Well done!

To delete the Topic, on the **Amazon SNS** **Topics** page, select the Name **my-first-sns-topic**

Click on the **Delete** button on the top right corner

Delete topic **my-first-sns-topic** wizard will open, type "**delete me**" in the text input field and click on **Delete** button

Topic my-first-sns-topic deleted successfully

Congratulations on successfully deleting the topic "my-first-sns-topic" and completing this lab! Well done! In conclusion, we completed the tasks of subscribing an Amazon SQS to an SNS topic, sending and receiving messages, publishing messages, and deleting both topics and queues.