AWS Step Functions Task State

• A task state represent some works in your state machine
• Task Sate can
  • Invoke 1 AWS Services. For example
    • Invoke Lambda Function
    • Run a batch job
    • Run ECS Task and wait for it to complete
    • Insert item from DynamoDB
    • Publish message to SNS, SQS
    • Launch another Step Function workflow
  • Run 1 activity
    • EC2, ECS, on-premises server
      • poll the work from Step Functions
      • send results back to Step Functions
        Example of a state