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AWS Serverless Fanout Pattern

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[26/30] #30DaysOfAWS Today, AWS Serverless Fanout Pattern.

AWS Serverless Fanout Pattern is a scalable, reliable, and cost-effective way to distribute messages to multiple destinations in parallel. It is implemented using Amazon SNS, which is a fully managed pub/sub messaging service.

To use the fanout pattern, you create an SNS topic and then subscribe multiple endpoints to the topic. When you publish a message to the topic, SNS will deliver the message to all of the subscribed endpoints.

Fanout pattern can be used in a variety of scenarios, such as

  • Notifying multiple users of a new event.
  • Scaling out processing of a large batch of data.
  • Decoupling components of an application.

Benefits of using the AWS Serverless Fanout Pattern

  1. Scalability - The fanout pattern can be scaled to support a large number of messages and subscribers.

  2. Reliability - SNS is a highly reliable service that will deliver messages even if some of the subscribers are unavailable.

  3. Cost-effectiveness - The fanout pattern is a cost-effective way to distribute messages, as you only pay for the messages that are actually delivered.

Example of how the AWS Serverless Fanout Pattern could be used

A company wants to notify its customers of a new product launch. The company could use the fanout pattern to publish a message to an SNS topic. The topic would be subscribed to by multiple endpoints, such as an email queue, a Slack channel, and a mobile push notification service. When the company publishes a message to the topic, SNS would deliver the message to all of the subscribed endpoints. This would ensure that all of the customers are notified of the product launch in a timely manner.

The AWS Serverless Fanout Pattern is a powerful tool that can be used to implement a variety of serverless architectures. It is a scalable, reliable, and cost-effective way to distribute messages to multiple destinations.

Step-by-step tutorial for How to create a Serverless Fanout Pattern. You can download it using this URL.

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