sqsmonitor

sqsmonitor is used to check on the status of SQS queues.

Usage:
  sqsmonitor [options] queuename [queuename ...] [interval]

Parameters:
  queuename [queuename ...]
    The names of one or more queues to watch.  If not specified, defaults to process_actions.
  interval
    Specified for continuous display: seconds between checks.

Options:
  -e|--extra 
    Display extra metrics like inflight and delayed messages.

  -n|--nonzero
    Only show queues with messages

  -a|--all
    Check all queues

  -s|--sum
    Only show sum totals, not individual queues

  -t|--top n
    Only show the largest n queues.

  -r|--regexp
    Interpret queuenames as regular expressions instead of explicit names.

Examples:
  sqsmonitor
  sqsmonitor -a -n
  sqsmonitor -e prod_process_actions-opens 1
  sqsmonitor prod_process_actions-opens prod_process_actions-installs 60
  sqsmonitor -r 'process_.*_actions' -t 3

Queues are listed by number of messages they hold, fullest queue first.

Install from repo

Once you have this repository checked out, do:

npm link

Make sure you've set up your AWS credentials in ~/.aws/credentials:

[default]
aws_access_key_id=AKIABFOJHE19JDLS4G3A
aws_secret_access_key=J29OoH8JlsCdowF+jLSKU2/Hos8VJsl2jslkh22L",

Region defaults to us-east-1. You can override this via the ~/.aws/config file:

[default]
region = us-east-1

Like other AWS SDKs, you can use the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, and AWS_DEFAULT_REGION` environment variables instead of or to override the config file.