AWS SQS messaging

Send messages to AWS SQS queues using IAM role authentication.

Prerequisites

1. AWS IAM Role Setup

• An IAM role that New Relic can assume
• The role must have permissions to send messages to SQS
• See Set up AWS credentials for configuration instructions

2. AWS SQS Queue

• An existing SQS queue in the specified region

3. Required Input Values

• awsRoleArn: The ARN of the IAM role (e.g., arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/NewRelicIntegrationRole)
• awsQueueUrl: The full SQS queue URL (format: https://sqs.{region}.amazonaws.com/{account-id}/{queue-name})
• awsRegion: (optional) defaults to us-west-2

What this workflow does

• Send message to SQS queue
• Use AWS IAM role authentication
• Return message ID and success status

Key actions: aws.execute.api, (sqs.send_message)

name: aws_execute_api_sqs_example

workflowInputs:
  awsRoleArn:
    type: String
  awsRegion:
    type: String
    defaultValue: us-west-2
  awsQueueUrl:
    type: String

steps:
  - name: sendSqsMessage
    type: action
    action: aws.execute.api
    version: 1
    inputs:
      awsRoleArn: ${{ .workflowInputs.awsRoleArn }}
      region: ${{ .workflowInputs.awsRegion }}
      service: sqs
      api: send_message
      parameters:
        QueueUrl: "${{ .workflowInputs.awsQueueUrl }}"
        MessageBody: |
          {
            "message": "deployment is bad",
            "status": "not good"
          }
      selectors:
        - name: success
          expression: '.success'
        - name: messageId
          expression: '.response.MessageId'

What's next

• REST API polling: Poll external APIs and process data
• Deployment rollback: Use SQS for rollback notifications