Control-M for AWS SQS

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

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

• Execute AWS SQS jobs that run specified versions of predefined AWS SQS functions.
• Manage AWS SQS credentials in a secure connection profile.
• Connect to any AWS SQS endpoint.
• Introduce all Control-M capabilities to Control-M for AWS SQS, including advanced scheduling criteria, complex dependencies, Resource Pools, Lock Resources, and variables.
• Integrate AWS SQS jobs with other Control-M jobs into a single scheduling environment.
• Monitor the job status, results, and output of AWS SQS jobs.
• Attach an SLA job to the AWS SQS jobs.

Control-M for AWS SQS Compatibility

The following table lists the prerequisites that are required to use the AWS SQS plug-in, each with its minimum required version.

Component	Version
Control-M/EM	9.0.21.200
Control-M/Agent	9.0.21.200
Control-M Application Integrator	9.0.21.200
Control-M Automation API	9.0.21.200

Control-M for AWS SQS is supported on Control-M Web and Control-M Automation API, but not on the Control-M client.

To download the required installation files for each prerequisite, see Obtaining-Control-M-Installation-Files.

Setting up Control-M for AWS SQS

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

Before You Begin

Verify that Automation API is installed, as described in Automation API Installation.

Begin

1. Create a temporary directory to save the downloaded files.
2. Download the AWS SQS plug-in from the Control-M for AWS SQS download page in the EPD site.
3. Install the AWS SQS plug-in using the Automation API Provision service:
   1. Log in to the Control-M/EM Server machine as an Administrator and store the downloaded zip file in the one of the following locations (within several minutes, the job type appears in Control-M Web):
      • Linux: $HOME/ctm_em/AUTO_DEPLOY
      • Windows: <EM_HOME>\AUTO_DEPLOY
   2. Log in to the Control-M/Agent machine and run the provision image command, as follows:
      • Linux: ctm provision image AWS_SQS_plugin.Linux
      • Windows: ctm provision image AWS_SQS_plugin.Windows
4. Create an AWS SQS connection profile in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:
   • Web: Creating a Centralized Connection Profile with AWS SQS Connection Profile Parameters
   • Automation API: Connection Profile:AWS SQS
5. Define an AWS SQS job in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:
   • Web: Creating a Job with AWS SQS Job
   • 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
1.0.01	New IAM Role authentication method.