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Region availabilityHow Amazon Simple Notification Service differsDocumentationExport-controlled content

Amazon SNS in AWS GovCloud (US)

Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) is a web service that enables applications, end-users, and devices to instantly send and receive notifications from the cloud.

Region availability

This service is available in the following AWS GovCloud (US) Regions:

  • AWS GovCloud (US-West)

  • AWS GovCloud (US-East)

How Amazon Simple Notification Service differs

The following differences apply to Amazon Simple Notification Service:

  • You cannot use Amazon SNS to send SMS messages while using the AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region.

  • Amazon Data Firehose subscriptions are not available.

  • Kinesis Firehose protocol option for the Amazon SNS topics is not available.

  • Message Data Protection is not available.

  • Custom data identifiers are not available.

  • Amazon SNS message archiving and replay is not available.

  • IPv6 is not available.

Documentation

Export-controlled content

For AWS Services architected within the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, the following list explains how certain components of data may leave the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions in the normal course of the service offerings. The list can be used as a guide to help meet applicable customer compliance obligations. Data not included in the following list remains within the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions.

  • Export-controlled data may not be entered, stored, or processed in Amazon SNS notification messages when the following notification endpoints are being used:

    Notification Endpoints

    • Mobile push notifications – not permitted to contain export-controlled data

    • Email – not permitted to contain export-controlled data

    • Amazon SQS queues outside of AWS GovCloud (US) Regions – not permitted to contain export-controlled data

    • HTTP URL endpoint – not permitted to contain export-controlled data

  • Amazon SNS metadata is not permitted to contain export-controlled data. This metadata includes all configuration data that you enter when setting up and maintaining your topics.

    For example, do not enter export-controlled data in the following fields:

    • Topic Name

    • Display Name

    • Topic Policy

    • Topic Delivery Policy

    • Topic ARN

    • Endpoint

    • Subject

    • Application Name