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AWS SQS

3 CloudFormation resource types available for SQS.

Queue

AWS::SQS::Queue

The AWS::SQS::Queue resource creates an SQS standard or FIFO queue. Keep the following caveats in mind: + If you don't specify the FifoQueue property, SQS creates a standard queue. You c

QueueInlinePolicy

AWS::SQS::QueueInlinePolicy

Schema for SQS QueueInlinePolicy

QueuePolicy

AWS::SQS::QueuePolicy

The AWS::SQS::QueuePolicy type applies a policy to SQS queues. For an example snippet, see [Declaring an policy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/quickref-iam.html#sc

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