Simple Queue Service (SQS)
Overview
Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) is a fully managed message queuing service that makes it easy to decouple and scale microservices, distributed systems, and serverless applications.
Setup
Installation
If you haven't already, first set up the AWS CloudWatch integration. No additional steps are needed for installation.
Configuration
On the AWS CloudWatch integration page, ensure that the SQS service is selected for metric collection.
Metrics
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
|
ApproximateAgeOfOldestMessage (seconds) |
The approximate age of the oldest non-deleted message in the queue. |
|
ApproximateNumberOfMessagesDelayed (count) |
The number of messages in the queue that are delayed and not available for reading immediately. |
|
ApproximateNumberOfMessagesNotVisible (count) |
The number of messages that are "in flight." Messages are considered in flight if they have been sent to a client but have not yet been deleted or have not yet reached the end of their visibility window. |
|
ApproximateNumberOfMessagesVisible (count) |
The number of messages available for retrieval from the queue. |
|
NumberOfEmptyReceives (count) |
The number of ReceiveMessage API calls that did not return a message. |
|
NumberOfMessagesDeleted (count) |
The number of messages deleted from the queue. |
|
NumberOfMessagesReceived (count) |
The number of messages returned by calls to the ReceiveMessage API action. |
|
NumberOfMessagesSent (count) |
The number of messages added to a queue. |
|
SentMessageSize (bytes) |
The size of messages added to a queue. |
Available Tags
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| awsaccount | AWS account associated with the metrics |
| queuename | Name of the queue |
| region | Name of the region |
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