Amazon SWF - AWS GovCloud (US)
How Amazon Simple Workflow Service Differs for AWS GovCloud (US)Documentation for Amazon Simple Workflow ServiceITAR Boundary

Amazon SWF

Amazon Simple Workflow Service (Amazon SWF) makes it easy to build applications that coordinate work across distributed components. In Amazon SWF, a task represents a logical unit of work that is performed by a component of your application. Coordinating tasks across the application involves managing intertask dependencies, scheduling, and concurrency in accordance with the logical flow of the application. Amazon SWF gives you full control over implementing tasks and coordinating them without worrying about underlying complexities such as tracking their progress and maintaining their state.

How Amazon Simple Workflow Service Differs for AWS GovCloud (US)

This service has no differences between the AWS GovCloud (US) and the standard AWS Regions.

Documentation for Amazon Simple Workflow Service

Amazon SWF documentation.

ITAR Boundary

AWS GovCloud (US) has an ITAR boundary, which defines where customers are allowed to store ITAR-controlled data for this service in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. To maintain ITAR compliance, you must place ITAR-controlled data on the applicable part of the ITAR boundary. If you do not have any ITAR-controlled data in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, this section does not apply to you. The following information identifies the ITAR boundary for this service:

ITAR-Regulated Data Permitted ITAR-Regulated Data Not Permitted

  • This service boundary exists entirely within the GovCloud regions and all export-controlled Content entered, processed, and created within Service will exist in the GovCloud regions.

  • No ITAR-regulated data can be entered, stored, or processed in Amazon SWF.

  • Amazon SWF metadata is not permitted to contain ITAR-regulated data. This metadata includes all of the configuration data that you enter when setting up and maintaining your workflows.

  • For example, do not enter ITAR-regulated data in the following fields:

    • Workflow type name

    • Workflow type version

    • Activity type name

    • Activity type version

    • Execution workflow ID

    • Activity task ID

    • The input, result, or details arguments to workflow executions

    • The input, result, or details arguments to activity tasks