turbot/steampipe-mod-aws-compliance

Control: SQS queues should be configured with a dead-letter queue.

Description

Ensure SQS queue is configured with a dead-letter queue. Dead-letter queues are useful for debugging your application or messaging system because they let you isolate problematic messages to determine why their processing didn't succeed.

Usage

Run the control in your terminal:

powerpipe control run aws_compliance.control.sqs_queue_dead_letter_queue_configured

Snapshot and share results via Turbot Pipes:

powerpipe login
powerpipe control run aws_compliance.control.sqs_queue_dead_letter_queue_configured --share

SQL

This control uses a named query:

select
queue_arn as resource,
case
when redrive_policy is not null then 'ok'
else 'alarm'
end as status,
case
when redrive_policy is not null then title || ' configured with dead-letter queue.'
else title || ' not configured with dead-letter queue.'
end as reason
, region, account_id
from
aws_sqs_queue;

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