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AWS::Events::Rule DeadLetterConfig

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Configuration details of the Amazon SQS queue for EventBridge to use as a dead-letter queue (DLQ).

For more information, see Using dead-letter queues to process undelivered events in the EventBridge User Guide.

Syntax

To declare this entity in your AWS CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

JSON

{ "Arn" : String }

YAML

Arn: String

Properties

Arn

The ARN of the SQS queue specified as the target for the dead-letter queue.

Required: No

Type: String

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 1600

Update requires: No interruption

Examples

Set the DeadLetterConfig parameter

The following example sets the DeadLetterConfig parameter to set up arn:aws:sqs:us-west-2:081035103721:demoDLQ as a dead-letter queue.

JSON

"DeadLetterConfig": { "Arn": "arn:aws:sqs:us-west-2:081035103721:demoDLQ" }

YAML

DeadLetterConfig: Arn: 'arn:aws:sqs:us-west-2:081035103721:demoDLQ'

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