AWS Serverless Microservices with Patterns and Best Practices - What Is Amazon EventBridge?

Amazon Event Bridge is a serverless event bus service that simplifies building event-driven applications by connecting AWS services, custom applications, and SaaS providers. It delivers real-time data streams to various targets, including AWS Lambda and API destinations. The service, formerly known as Amazon CloudWatch Events, retains compatibility with existing APIs while introducing new features. Amazon Event Village illustrates the integration of event sources and triggers with custom event buses, targeting a wide range of AWS serverless resources.

What is the primary purpose of Amazon Event Bridge?

• To store large amounts of data

• To facilitate event-driven application development

• To provide a user interface for AWS services

• To manage AWS billing and costs

Which of the following is a target for Amazon Event Bridge's real-time data streams?

• AWS S3 Buckets

• AWS EC2 Instances

• AWS RDS Databases

• AWS Lambda Functions

What is the Amazon Event Village primarily used for?

• Monitoring application performance

• Managing AWS accounts

• Illustrating event sources and triggers

• Storing event data

What was Amazon Event Bridge previously known as?

• Amazon Kinesis

• Amazon CloudWatch Events

• Amazon SQS

• Amazon SNS

Which feature is exclusive to Amazon Event Bridge and not available in CloudWatch Events?

• Real-time data streaming

• Event logging

• Integration with AWS Lambda

• New features added to Event Bridge