AWS::SQS::Queue

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 can't change the queue type after you create it and you can't convert an existing standard queue into a FIFO queue. You must either create a new FIFO queue for your application or delete your existing standard queue and recreate it as a FIFO queue. For more information, see [Moving from a standard...

Properties

16 configurable properties. Click a row to see details.

Filter:

Property	Type	Flags
`ContentBasedDeduplication`	`boolean`
`DeduplicationScope`	`string`
`DelaySeconds`	`integer`
`FifoQueue`	`boolean`	Create-only
`FifoThroughputLimit`	`string`
`KmsDataKeyReusePeriodSeconds`	`integer`
`KmsMasterKeyId`	`string`
`MaximumMessageSize`	`integer`
`MessageRetentionPeriod`	`integer`
`QueueName`	`string`	Create-only
`ReceiveMessageWaitTimeSeconds`	`integer`
`RedriveAllowPolicy`	`objectstring`
`RedrivePolicy`	`objectstring`
`SqsManagedSseEnabled`	`boolean`
`Tags`	`Array<Tag>`
`VisibilityTimeout`	`integer`

Return Values

Values returned after the resource is created. Access these with Fn::GetAtt.

Attribute	Type	Description
`Arn`	`string`	-
`QueueUrl`	`string`	-

Sample CloudFormation Template

A minimal template with required properties and common optional ones.

template.yaml

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Description: Sample template for AWS::SQS::Queue

Resources:
  MyResource:
    Type: AWS::SQS::Queue
    Properties:
      Tags:
        - Key: Environment
          Value: Production

Required IAM Permissions

Permissions CloudFormation needs in your IAM role to manage this resource.

create

sqs:CreateQueuesqs:GetQueueUrlsqs:GetQueueAttributessqs:ListQueueTagssqs:TagQueue

read

sqs:GetQueueAttributessqs:ListQueueTags

update

sqs:SetQueueAttributessqs:GetQueueAttributessqs:ListQueueTagssqs:TagQueuesqs:UntagQueue

delete

sqs:DeleteQueuesqs:GetQueueAttributes

list

sqs:ListQueues

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Quick Facts

ServiceSQS

Properties18

Required0

TaggingSupported

Primary IDQueueUrl

Supported Operations

CreateReadUpdateDeleteList

Immutable After Creation

These properties cannot be changed after the resource is created. Updating them triggers a replacement.

FifoQueueQueueName

Related Resources

External Links

AWS Documentation