Setting up Amazon SQS
Before you can use Amazon SQS for the first time, you must complete the following steps:
Sign up for an AWS account
To get started with AWS, you need an AWS account. There are two ways to sign up for AWS. If you want complete control over account configuration and where your content is stored, or if you have regulated workloads such as HIPAA or FedRAMP, use Sign up for AWS (advanced). If you are a new user and want to use a login you already own to sign in to AWS and create an AWS environment with preconfigured defaults in select AWS Regions, use Sign up for AWS.
Get ready to use the example code
This guide includes examples that use the AWS SDK for Java. To run the example code, follow the set-up instructions in Getting Started with AWS SDK for Java 2.0.
You can develop AWS applications in other programming languages, such as Go,
JavaScript, Python and Ruby. For more information, see Tools to Build on AWS
Note
You can explore Amazon SQS without writing code with tools such as the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) or Windows PowerShell. You can find AWS CLI examples in the Amazon SQS section of the AWS CLI Command Reference. You can find Windows PowerShell examples in the Amazon Simple Queue Service section of the AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.
Next steps
You are now ready for Getting started with managing Amazon SQS queues and messages using the AWS Management Console.
