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+---
+title: About the aws_sqs_queue Resource
+---
+
+# aws\_sqs\_queue
+
+Use the `aws_sqs_queue` InSpec audit resource to test properties of a single AWS Simple Queue Service queue. 
+
+<br>
+
+## Availability
+
+### Installation
+
+This resource is distributed along with InSpec itself. You can use it automatically.
+
+### Version
+
+This resource first became available in v3.1.4 of InSpec.
+
+## Syntax
+
+    # Ensure that a queue exists and has a visibility timeout of 300 seconds
+    describe aws_sqs_queue('https://sqs.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/1212121/MyQueue') do
+      it { should exist }
+      its('visibility_timeout') { should be 300 }
+    end
+
+    # You may also use hash syntax to pass the URL
+    describe aws_sqs_queue(url: 'https://sqs.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/1212121/MyQueue') do
+      it { should exist }
+    end
+
+## Resource Parameters
+
+### URL
+
+This resource expects a single parameter, the SQS queue URL that uniquely identifies the SQS queue.
+
+See also the [AWS documentation on SQS Queue identifiers](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/SQSDeveloperGuide/sqs-general-identifiers.html).
+
+<br>
+
+## Properties
+
+### visibility\_timeout
+
+An integer indicating the visibility timeout of the message in seconds
+    
+    describe aws_sqs_queue('https://sqs.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/1212121/MyQueue') do
+      its('visibility_timeout') { should be 300}
+    end
+
+### maximum\_message\_size
+
+An integer indicating the maximum message size in bytes
+    
+    describe aws_sqs_queue('https://sqs.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/1212121/MyQueue') do
+        its('maximum_message_size') { should be 262144 } # 256 KB      
+    end
+
+### delay\_seconds
+
+An integer indicating the delay in seconds for the queue
+    
+    describe aws_sqs_queue('https://sqs.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/1212121/MyQueue') do
+        its('delay_seconds') { should be 0 }
+    end
+
+### message\_retention\_period
+
+An integer indicating the maximum retention period for a message in seconds
+    
+    describe aws_sqs_queue('https://sqs.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/1212121/MyQueue') do
+        its('message_retention_period') { should be 345600 } # 4 days
+    end
+
+### receive\_message\_wait\_timeout\_seconds
+
+An integer indicating the number of seconds an attempt to recieve a message will wait before returning
+
+    describe aws_sqs_queue('https://sqs.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/1212121/MyQueue') do
+        its('receive_message_wait_timeout_seconds') { should be 2 }  
+    end
+
+### is\_fifo\_queue
+
+A boolean value indicate if this queue is a FIFO queue
+
+    describe aws_sqs_queue('https://sqs.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/1212121/MyQueue') do
+        its('is_fifo_queue') { should be false }
+    end
+
+### content\_based\_deduplication
+
+A boolean value indicate if content based dedcuplication is enabled or not
+
+    describe aws_sqs_queue('https://sqs.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/1212121/MyQueue.fifo') do
+        its('is_fifo_queue') { should be true }
+        its('content_based_deduplication') { should be true }
+    end
+
+<br>
+
+## Matchers
+
+This InSpec audit resource has the following special matchers. For a full list of available matchers, please visit our [matchers page](https://www.inspec.io/docs/reference/matchers/).
+
+### exist
+
+Indicates that the URL provided was found.  Use `should_not` to test for SQS topics that should not exist.
+
+    # Expect good news
+    describe aws_sqs_queue('https://sqs.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/1212121/MyQueue') do
+      it { should exist }
+    end
+
+    # No bad news allowed
+    describe aws_sqs_queue('https://sqs.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/1212121/MyQueueWhichDoesntExist') do
+      it { should_not exist }
+    end
+
+## AWS Permissions
+
+Your [Principal](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/intro-structure.html#intro-structure-principal) will need the `sqs:GetQueueAttributes` action with Effect set to Allow.
+You can find detailed documentation at [Actions, Resources, and Condition Keys for Amazon SQS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/SQSDeveloperGuide/sqs-using-identity-based-policies.html).
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diff --git a/lib/resource_support/aws.rb b/lib/resource_support/aws.rb
index d057fa161..75eff42c6 100644
--- a/lib/resource_support/aws.rb
+++ b/lib/resource_support/aws.rb
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ require 'resources/aws/aws_security_groups'
 require 'resources/aws/aws_sns_subscription'
 require 'resources/aws/aws_sns_topic'
 require 'resources/aws/aws_sns_topics'
+require 'resources/aws/aws_sqs_queue'
 require 'resources/aws/aws_subnet'
 require 'resources/aws/aws_subnets'
 require 'resources/aws/aws_vpc'
diff --git a/lib/resources/aws/aws_sqs_queue.rb b/lib/resources/aws/aws_sqs_queue.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a838bf37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/resources/aws/aws_sqs_queue.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+require 'uri'
+
+class AwsSqsQueue < Inspec.resource(1)
+  name 'aws_sqs_queue'
+  desc 'Verifies settings for an SQS Queue'
+  example "
+    describe aws_sqs_queue('https://sqs.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/519527725796/QueueName') do
+      it { should exist }
+      its('visiblity_timeout') { should be 300}
+    end
+  "
+  supports platform: 'aws'
+
+  include AwsSingularResourceMixin
+  attr_reader :arn, :is_fifo_queue, :visibility_timeout, :maximum_message_size, :message_retention_period, :delay_seconds, :receive_message_wait_timeout_seconds, :content_based_deduplication
+
+  private
+
+  def validate_params(raw_params)
+    validated_params = check_resource_param_names(
+      raw_params: raw_params,
+      allowed_params: [:url],
+      allowed_scalar_name: :url,
+      allowed_scalar_type: String,
+    )
+    # Validate the URL
+    unless validated_params[:url] =~ /\A#{URI::DEFAULT_PARSER.make_regexp(%w{https})}\z/
+      raise ArgumentError, 'Malformed URL for SQS.  Expected an ARN of the form ' \
+                           "'https://sqs.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/111212121/MyQeueue'"
+    end
+    validated_params
+  end
+
+  def fetch_from_api
+    aws_response = BackendFactory.create(inspec_runner).get_queue_attributes(queue_url: @url, attribute_names: ['All']).attributes
+    @exists = true
+    @visibility_timeout = aws_response['VisibilityTimeout'].to_i
+    @maximum_message_size = aws_response['MaximumMessageSize'].to_i
+    @message_retention_period = aws_response['MessageRetentionPeriod'].to_i
+    @delay_seconds = aws_response['DelaySeconds'].to_i
+    @receive_message_wait_timeout_seconds = aws_response['ReceiveMessageWaitTimeSeconds'].to_i
+
+    # FIFO queues - these attributes only exist for FIFO queues, their presence indicates a FIFO
+    # queue
+    @is_fifo_queue = aws_response['FifoQueue'].nil? ? false: true
+    @content_based_deduplication = aws_response['ContentBasedDeduplication'].nil? ? false: true
+  rescue Aws::SQS::Errors::NonExistentQueue
+    @exists = false
+  end
+
+  # Uses the SDK API to really talk to AWS
+  class Backend
+    class AwsClientApi < AwsBackendBase
+      BackendFactory.set_default_backend(self)
+      self.aws_client_class = Aws::SQS::Client
+
+      def get_queue_attributes(criteria)
+        aws_service_client.get_queue_attributes(criteria)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/integration/aws/default/build/sqs.tf b/test/integration/aws/default/build/sqs.tf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57d718216
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+++ b/test/integration/aws/default/build/sqs.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#===========================================================================#
+#                                 SQS QUeue
+#===========================================================================#
+
+# Test fixture: 
+# sqs_queue_1 is a non-fifo queue
+# sqs_queue_2 is a fifo queue
+
+
+
+resource "aws_sqs_queue" "sqs_queue_1" {
+  name                      = "sqs_queue_1"
+  delay_seconds             = 0
+  max_message_size          = 262144 # 256 KB
+  message_retention_seconds = 345600 # 4 days
+  receive_wait_time_seconds = 2
+  visibility_timeout_seconds = 300 # 5 minutes
+}
+
+output "sqs_queue_1_url" {
+  value = "${aws_sqs_queue.sqs_queue_1.id}"
+}
+
+
+resource "aws_sqs_queue" "sqs_queue_2" {
+  name                         = "sqs_queue_2.fifo"
+  fifo_queue                   = true
+  content_based_deduplication  = true  
+}
+
+output "sqs_queue_2_url" {
+  value = "${aws_sqs_queue.sqs_queue_2.id}"
+}
diff --git a/test/integration/aws/default/verify/controls/aws_sqs_queue.rb b/test/integration/aws/default/verify/controls/aws_sqs_queue.rb
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index 000000000..c694889c6
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+++ b/test/integration/aws/default/verify/controls/aws_sqs_queue.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+fixtures = {}
+[
+  'sqs_queue_1_url',
+  'sqs_queue_2_url',  
+].each do |fixture_name|
+  fixtures[fixture_name] = attribute(
+  fixture_name,
+  default: "default.#{fixture_name}",
+  description: 'See ../build/sqs.tf',
+  )
+end
+
+control 'aws_sqs_queue lookup' do
+  
+  sqs_queue1_url = fixtures['sqs_queue_1_url']  
+
+  # Search miss
+  sqs_queue_url_non_existent = sqs_queue1_url + "random"
+  
+  describe aws_sqs_queue(sqs_queue_url_non_existent) do
+    it { should_not exist }
+  end
+
+  # Search hit
+  describe aws_sqs_queue(sqs_queue1_url) do
+    it { should exist }
+  end
+end
+
+control "aws_sqs_queue properties" do
+  describe aws_sqs_queue(fixtures['sqs_queue_1_url']) do
+    its('delay_seconds') { should be 0 }
+    its('is_fifo_queue') { should be false }
+    its('visibility_timeout') { should be 300 }
+    its('maximum_message_size') { should be 262144 }    
+    its('message_retention_period') { should be 345600 }
+    its('receive_message_wait_timeout_seconds') { should be 2 } 
+  end  
+end
+
+
+control "aws_sqs_queue fifo properties" do
+    describe aws_sqs_queue(fixtures['sqs_queue_2_url']) do
+      its('is_fifo_queue') { should be true }
+      its('content_based_deduplication') { should be true }
+    end  
+end
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diff --git a/test/unit/resources/aws_sqs_queue_test.rb b/test/unit/resources/aws_sqs_queue_test.rb
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+require 'helper'
+
+# MSQB = MockSQsBackend
+# Abbreviation not used outside this file
+
+#=============================================================================#
+#                            Constructor Tests
+#=============================================================================#
+class AwsSqsQueueConstructorTest < Minitest::Test
+  def setup
+    AwsSqsQueue::BackendFactory.select(AwsMSQB::Hit)
+  end
+
+  def test_constructor_some_args_required
+    assert_raises(ArgumentError) { AwsSqsQueue.new }
+  end
+
+  def test_constructor_accepts_scalar_url
+    AwsSqsQueue.new('https://sqs.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/5195277125796/MyQueue')
+  end
+
+  def test_constructor_accepts_url_as_hash
+    AwsSqsQueue.new(url: 'https://sqs.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/5195277125796/MyQueue')
+  end
+  
+  def test_constructor_rejects_unrecognized_resource_params
+    assert_raises(ArgumentError) { AwsSqsQueue.new(beep: 'boop') }
+  end
+    
+  def test_constructor_rejects_non_https_url
+    [
+      'not-even-a-url',
+      'http://example.com', # http
+    ].each do |example|
+      assert_raises(ArgumentError) { AwsSqsQueue.new(url: example) }
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+#=============================================================================#
+#                               Search/Recall
+#=============================================================================#
+class AwsSqsQueueRecallTest < Minitest::Test
+  # No setup here - each test needs to explicitly declare
+  # what they want from the backend.
+
+  def test_recall_no_match_is_no_exception
+    AwsSqsQueue::BackendFactory.select(AwsMSQB::Miss)
+    queue = AwsSqsQueue.new('https://sqs.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/12121/idontexist')
+    refute queue.exists?
+  end
+
+  def test_recall_match_single_result_works
+    AwsSqsQueue::BackendFactory.select(AwsMSQB::Hit)
+    queue = AwsSqsQueue.new('https://sqs.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/12121/iexist')
+    assert queue.exists?
+  end
+end
+
+#=============================================================================#
+#                                Properties
+#=============================================================================#
+
+class AwsSqsQueuePropertiesTest < Minitest::Test
+  # No setup here - each test needs to explicitly declare
+  # what they want from the backend.
+
+  #---------------------------------------
+  #       confirmed_subscription_count
+  #---------------------------------------
+  def test_visibility_timeout
+    AwsSqsQueue::BackendFactory.select(AwsMSQB::Hit)
+    queue = AwsSqsQueue.new('https://sqs.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/12121/iexist')
+    assert_equal(300, queue.visibility_timeout)
+  end
+
+  def test_not_fifo_queue
+    AwsSqsQueue::BackendFactory.select(AwsMSQB::Hit)
+    queue = AwsSqsQueue.new('https://sqs.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/12121/iexist')
+    refute queue.is_fifo_queue
+  end  
+
+  def test_fifo_queue
+    AwsSqsQueue::BackendFactory.select(AwsMSQB::FifoQueue)
+    queue = AwsSqsQueue.new('https://sqs.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/12121/iexist')
+    assert queue.is_fifo_queue
+    assert queue.content_based_deduplication
+  end  
+end
+
+#=============================================================================#
+#                               Test Fixtures
+#=============================================================================#
+
+module AwsMSQB
+
+  class Miss < AwsBackendBase
+    def get_queue_attributes(criteria)
+      raise Aws::SQS::Errors::NonExistentQueue.new("No SQS queue with URL  #{criteria[:url]}", 'Nope')
+    end
+  end
+
+  class Hit < AwsBackendBase
+    def get_queue_attributes(_criteria)
+      OpenStruct.new({
+        attributes: {
+          "QueueArn" => "arn:aws:sqs:ap-southeast-2:519527721296:MyQueue",
+          "VisibilityTimeout" => 300
+        }
+      })
+    end
+  end 
+  
+  class FifoQueue < AwsBackendBase
+    def get_queue_attributes(_criteria)
+      OpenStruct.new({
+        attributes: {
+          "QueueArn" => "arn:aws:sqs:ap-southeast-2:519527721296:MyQueue.fifo",
+          "VisibilityTimeout" => 300,
+          "FifoQueue" => true,
+          "ContentBasedDeduplication" => true
+        }
+      })
+    end
+  end  
+end
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