Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) | Queue Sharing

Question 1

Can I reuse a message queue name?

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Answer 1

A message queue’s name must be unique within an AWS account and region. You can reuse a message queue’s name after you delete the message queue.

Question 2

How do I share a message queue?

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Answer 2

You can associate an access policy statement (and specify the permissions granted) with the message queue to be shared. Amazon SQS provides APIs for creating and managing access policy statements:

AddPermission

RemovePermission

SetQueueAttributes

GetQueueAttributes

For more information, see the Amazon SQS API Reference.

Question 3

Who pays for shared queue access?

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Answer 3

The message queue owner pays for shared message queue access.

Question 4

How do I identify another AWS user I want to share a message queue with?

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Answer 4

The Amazon SQS API uses the AWS account number to identify AWS users.

Question 5

What do I need to provide to an AWS user I want to share a message queue with?

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Answer 5

To share a message queue with an AWS user, provide the full URL from the message queue you want to share. The CreateQueue and ListQueues operations return this URL in their responses.

Question 6

Does Amazon SQS support anonymous access?

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Answer 6

Yes. You can configure an access policy that allows anonymous users to access a message queue.

Question 7

When should I use the permissions API?

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Answer 7

The permissions API provides an interface for sharing access to a message queue to developers. However, this API cannot allow conditional access or more advanced use cases.