- Serverless event bus service for routing events between AWS services, SaaS apps, and your applications.
- Can respond to real-time events or run scheduled tasks.
Main Use Cases
1. Scheduled (Cron Jobs)
- Use cron or rate expressions to trigger actions at fixed intervals.
- Example: run a Lambda function every hour.
2. Event Patterns
- Define rules to match specific AWS service events.
- Example: send an alert when the root user logs in.
Supported Actions
- Invoke AWS Lambda functions.
- Send messages to Amazon SQS queues.
- Publish notifications to Amazon SNS topics.