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Amazon Step Functions in Amazon Web Services China - Getting Started with Amazon Web Services China
Services or capabilities described in Amazon Web Services documentation might vary by Region. To see the differences applicable to the China Regions, see Getting Started with Amazon Web Services in China (PDF).

Amazon Step Functions in Amazon Web Services China

Amazon Step Functions lets you coordinate the components of distributed applications and microservices using visual workflows. Step Functions provides a reliable way to coordinate components and step through the functions of your application. Step Functions provides a graphical console to visualize the components of your application as a series of steps. It automatically triggers and tracks each step, and retries when there are errors, so your application executes in order and as expected, every time. Step Functions logs the state of each step, so when things do go wrong, you can diagnose and debug problems quickly.

Region availability

Amazon Step Functions is available in the following regions in China:

  • China (Beijing) Region

  • China (Ningxia) Region

How Amazon Step Functions differs

The following differences apply to Amazon Step Functions:

  • Support to call HTTPS APIs is not available.

Documentation