Create a New SQS Queue

Objective

Create a new Amazon Web Services Simple Queue Service (SQS) queue using the RightScale Dashboard. 

Note: Although this feature is still functional, there have been new enhancements to the SQS UI in a different location on the Dashboard. The new UI is currently in beta. For more information, see SQS Queue Beta or contact sales@rightscale.com.

Table of Contents

Prerequisites

The following are prerequisites for completing this tutorial:

• AWS and RightScale account credentials, etc.
• SQS must be "enabled".  From the Dashboard (Clouds -> AWS Global -> Queues), if not yet enabled select the "Enable" action button.  This typically takes 5-10 seconds to enable your account for SQS.

Overview

The RightScale Dashboard makes creating and managing AWS SQS queues very simple.  Follow this tutorial to configure a Queue from scratch.

Steps

• Navigate to Clouds -> AWS Global -> Queues
• Select the New action button
• Fill out the following fields:
  • Queue Name - The name should alphanumeric and unique, without spaces.  If you enter an illegal Queue name, you will get an error message similar to:

InvalidParameterValue: Can only include alphanumeric characters, hyphens, or underscores. 1 to 80 in length

• API Generation - The default is 2.  It is not recommended to use API Gen 1, as Amazon has plans to end of life support for the prior generation.
• Visibility - Default is 30.  This is a sensible default for most applications and you probably don't need to change it.
• Select the Create action button when ready.

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