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. For information about creating an AWS account, see Getting started with an AWS account in the AWS Account Management Reference Guide.

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.