Amazon SQS and SNS Connection Shared Resource

This Amazon SQS and SNS Connection shared resource is required by all SQS and SNS activities as it provides the AWS client object that mediates all interactions with the AWS messaging system.

General

This section includes the following fields:

Field Description
Package Name of the package. By default, the value of the field is the name of the package in which resource is created. You can change the field value by clicking icon .
Name Name of the connection. You can change the field value by clicking icon.
Description The user can provide additional description about the connection.

SQS Client Configuration

Field Description
AWS Key ID This is the ID of the secret key for AWS. Keys can be created through the AWS console and downloaded as csv files or to your ~/.aws/credentials file.
AWS Secret This is the encrypted secret key for access to AWS.
AWS Region Name The name of the AWS region to which you want to connect. For a complete list of regions, see the Regions and Availability Zones.

Custom Client Config

SQS Default Client Config choose a predefined configuration or create a custom configuration.
Note: The DynamoDB and SimpleWorkFlow configurations are provided in case the client defaults for those clients who closely match your desired configuration.

For other situations where the default configuration is not optimal, use the custom configuration. You can configure the HTTP proxy in the custom configuration. For more information about setting a proxy, see Setting Proxy.

For detailed descriptions of custom configuration, see Client Configuration page on Amazon documentation site.