Basic Information
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| English name | Amazon EventBridge |
| Full name | Amazon EventBridge |
| Chinese description | 事件总线与事件路由服务 |
| Japanese description | Amazon EventBridge（イベントバス） |
| Exam frequency | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Often confused with | SNS / SQS / CloudWatch Events |
In one sentence
A managed event bus that routes events from AWS services, applications, and SaaS sources using rules.
Key points
- Event buses receive events and rules match their structure or content to select targets.
- Targets include Lambda, Step Functions, SQS, SNS, API destinations, and many AWS services.
- EventBridge supports loosely coupled event-driven architecture and scheduled events.
Exam takeaway
Use SNS for simple fan-out notifications, SQS for durable queueing, and EventBridge for rule-based event routing.