Dead letter queue

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Defines the retry-threshold destination but stops short of showing its queue configuration or processing behavior.

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A dead-letter queue is a queue that receives messages that exceed a configured number of unsuccessful processing attempts.

A dead-letter queue (DLQ) receives messages that exceed a configured number of unsuccessful processing attempts. It preserves failed work for later inspection or handling. section 16.3.4

In a fault-tolerant web application, the DLQ:

Appears beside an SQS queue in the Imagery application’s infrastructure. section 16.3.4
Is deployed with S3, DynamoDB, EC2 Auto Scaling groups, an Application Load Balancer, and IAM roles through CloudFormation. section 16.3.4

$ aws cloudformation create-stack --stack-name imagery \
 --template-url https:/ /s3.amazonaws.com/\
 awsinaction-code3/chapter16/template.yaml \
 --capabilities CAPABILITY_IAM

Deploy the surrounding SQS-based application by creating the Imagery CloudFormation stack from the terminal. section 16.3.4

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