What are the Naming conventions for SNS SQS

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In an ETL process we are implementing we will create an Amazon SNS topic which will send messages to an Amazon SQS queue.

In the documentation we didn't see a particular spec regarding names so I was wondering if someone could recommend best practises regarding the naming conventions for SNS topics and the SQS queues.

The scope is to know whether there are best practices in naming topics (SNS) and queues (SQS) in order to follow the best approach for naming. For instance, is the camel case recommended? Should the topic name / queue name give a representation of the domain?

Aug 9, 2018 in AWS by bug_seeker
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There are no specific naming convention. You can name SNS Topics and SQS Queues however you like, as long as it doesn't complain (eg spaces or illegal characters).

Be aware that, over time, you might have many topics and many queues, and they form part of the ARN so they will be hard to change in future. I would recommend a prefix for the application, and a descriptive portion. For example, if the unicorn application is pushing an invoice to a queue, call the queue:

unicorn_invoice

Don't include 'topic' or 'queue' in the name as they are irrelevant (eg unicorn_invoice is better than unicorn_invoice_queue).

If many different teams are using the same AWS account, you could add an additional tier to indicate who 'owns' the resource, such as:

lawson_unicorn_invoice

CamelCase is also fine, if that is common in your company:

lawsonUnicornInvoice

answered Aug 9, 2018 by Priyaj
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