# SQS AWS

## Introduction

Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) is a fully managed message queuing service that enables you to decouple and scale microservices, distributed systems, and serverless applications.

## SQS AWS Authentication

SQS AWS requires the following credentials to authenticate:

* **AWS Access Key** - this is your Access Key ID for each IAM-user
* **AWS Access Secret** - this is your Secret access key given to you during the key creation
* **AWS Region** - z.B. eu-central-1

These keys are displayed upon AWS account or IAM user creation. Should you require new ones, follow these [instructions here](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-javascript/v2/developer-guide/getting-your-credentials.html) or [here](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-javascript/v2/developer-guide/getting-your-credentials.html).

## AWS regions SQS can be used in

The most commonly used region is: Europe (Frankfurt) with queue URL: sqs.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com

All Regions can be found [here](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/sqs-service.html).

[Overview of SQS](https://www.locoia.com/connector/sqs_aws-integration)