SQS Queues (Standard and FIFO)

External SQS Queue properties

Name:

type: string | required

• Altostra will use Name property for generating a logical ID:
  • Only strict alpha-numeric characters will be used (by the restrictions of CFN)
  • If non alpha-numeric characters were used in the name, the logical ID will be generated by the resource type
  • Up to 64 characters

Identifier:

type: string | required

• The SQS Queue ARN or URL.
• Get from the AWS Console
  • Select the SQS Queue from the queues list in the AWS Console
  • Copy either the queue ARN or the queue URL (it does not important which)

External SQS Queue connections

The SQS Queue can connect to the following resources:

• Compute
  • Lambda Function
    • You can use SNS Topic to trigger your lambda
• Application Integration
  • SQS Queue
    • Dead letter queue