Control-M for Amazon SQS

Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) is a message queuing service that enables you to exchange messages between components without losing messages.

Control-M for Amazon SQS enables you to do the following:

• Execute Amazon SQS jobs that run specified versions of predefined Amazon SQS functions.

• Manage Amazon SQS credentials in a secure connection profile.

• Connect to any Amazon SQS endpoint.

• Introduce all Control-M capabilities to Control-M for Amazon SQS, including advanced scheduling criteria, complex dependencies, resource pools, lock resources, and variables.

• Integrate Amazon SQS jobs with other Control-M jobs into a single scheduling environment.

• Monitor the status, results, and output of Amazon SQS jobs.

• Attach an SLA job to the Amazon SQS jobs.

Setting up Control-M for Amazon SQS

This procedure describes how to deploy the Amazon SQS plug-in, create a connection profile, and define an Amazon SQS job in Control-M SaaS and Automation API.

Before You Begin

• Verify that you have Java installed, as described in Control-M External Java Installation.

• Verify that Automation API is installed, as described in Setting Up the API.

• Verify that Agent version 9.0.21.080 or higher is installed.

Begin

1. Do one of the following:

   • Install: Run one of the following provision image commands:

     • Linux: ctm provision image aws_sqs_plugin.Linux

     • Windows: ctm provision image aws_sqs_plugin.Windows

   • Upgrade: Run the following command:

     ctm provision agent::update

2. Create an Amazon SQS connection profile in Control-M SaaS or Automation API, as follows:

   • Control-M SaaS: Create a Centralized Connection Profile with Amazon SQS Connection Profile Parameters

   • Automation API: ConnectionProfile:AWS SQS

3. Define an Amazon SQS job in Control-M SaaS or Automation API, as follows:

   • Control-M SaaS: Create a Job with Amazon SQS Job parameters

   • Automation API: Job:AWS SQS

Change Log

The following table provides details about changes that were introduced in new versions of this plug-in:

Plug-in Version	Details
1.0.04	Fixed Authentication Method display name
1.0.03	Added AWS Assume IAM Role cross-account authentication
1.0.02	Added the IAM Role authentication back to the job
1.0.01	Removed IAM Role from the job
1.0.00	Initial version