Configuring Simple Queue Service

Message queuing is considered to be one of the integral parts of application management in the modern world. AWS provides a feature for this task called Simple Queue Service (SQS). In this recipe, we will learn how to configure SQS using Salt modules.

How to do it...

  1. Create and edit /opt/ salt-cookbook/production/aws/sqs.sls to have the following entries:
    saltcookbookqueue:
    boto_sqs.present:
        - region: us-west-2
        - keyid: <access-key>
        - key: '<secret-key>'
        - attributes:
            ReceiveMessageWaitTimeSeconds: 20
  2. Apply the state to the Salt master by using the following command:
    [root@salt-master aws]# salt 'salt-master' state.sls aws.sqs saltenv=production
salt-master:
----------
          ID: saltcookbookqueue
 Function: boto_sqs.present ...

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