--- title: AWS SQS Metrics OpenTelemetry Assets description: This package contains Kibana assets for monitoring SQS queues with AWS CloudWatch metrics collected by the OpenTelemetry Collector. The package is content... url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/integration-docs/tree/main/reference/aws_sqs_otel products: - Elastic integrations applies_to: - Serverless Observability projects: Preview - Serverless Security projects: Preview - Elastic Stack: Preview since 9.5 --- # AWS SQS Metrics OpenTelemetry Assets | | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------| | **Version** | 0.11.0 : Preview ([View all](#changelog)) | | **Subscription level**[What's this?](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions) | Basic | | **Developed by**[What's this?](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/integration-docs/tree/main/reference/developed-by) | Elastic | | **Minimum Kibana version(s)** | 9.5.0 | To use pre-release integrations, go to the **Integrations** page in Kibana, scroll down, and toggle on the _Display beta integrations_ option. This package contains Kibana assets for monitoring SQS queues with AWS CloudWatch metrics collected by the OpenTelemetry Collector. The package is **content only**. It provides a curated metrics dashboard, but it does not configure data collection. Use the **AWS CloudWatch OpenTelemetry Input Package** (`aws_cloudwatch_input_otel`) to configure the OpenTelemetry Collector CloudWatch receiver and collect the required AWS service metrics into Elasticsearch. ## Data requirements - CloudWatch metrics collected by the OpenTelemetry Collector AWS CloudWatch receiver. - Documents indexed into the `metrics-aws.sqs.otel-*` data stream. - The relevant AWS dimensions for this service, such as resource name, region, and service-specific identifiers. ## Compatibility Requires Kibana `^9.5.0`. ## Dashboards This package includes one pre-built Kibana dashboard: | Name | Description | |------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [AWS SQS OTel] Metrics | AWS SQS dashboard for CloudWatch metrics collected by the OpenTelemetry Collector. | ## Alerting Rule Templates Alert rule templates provide pre-defined configurations for creating alert rules in Kibana. For more information, refer to the [Elastic documentation](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/fleet/alerting-rule-templates). Alert rule templates require Elastic Stack version 9.2.0 or later. **The following alert rule templates are available:** | Name | Description | |----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [AWS SQS OTel] DLQ has messages | Alerts when any dead-letter queue has one or more visible messages. Any message in a DLQ represents a processing failure and warrants immediate investigation. | | [AWS SQS OTel] High backlog | Alerts when a queue's visible message backlog stays above the configured depth across the evaluation window, indicating consumers are not keeping up with producers. Pair with the oldest-message-age alert/SLO, which captures processing lag directly. | | [AWS SQS OTel] In-flight saturation | Alerts when in-flight messages approach the standard-queue limit (~120,000), indicating stuck consumers or processing bottlenecks. | | [AWS SQS OTel] Oldest message age high | Alerts when the oldest unprocessed message on a queue exceeds a configurable age threshold. This is the headline SQS processing-lag signal. | | [AWS SQS OTel] Producer send rate drop | Alerts when a queue's message send rate drops below the configured minimum, indicating producer slowdown or failure. Requires threshold tuning to match your expected baseline send rate. | ## SLO Templates SLO templates provide pre-defined configurations for creating SLOs in Kibana. For more information, refer to the [Elastic documentation](https://www.elastic.co/docs/solutions/observability/incident-management/service-level-objectives-slos). SLO templates require Elastic Stack version 9.4.0 or later. **The following SLO templates are available:** | Name | Description | |---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [AWS SQS OTel] DLQ empty 99.5% rolling 30 days | Tracks dead-letter queue correctness: 99.5% of 1-minute intervals must show zero visible messages on DLQ queues (QueueName matching *dlq*). Any message in a DLQ represents a processing failure and dropped work — the primary SQS error signal. Adjust the QueueName pattern if your DLQ naming convention differs. | | [AWS SQS OTel] Oldest message age 99.5% rolling 30 days | Tracks processing freshness per queue: 99.5% of 1-minute intervals must show maximum oldest-message age below 300 seconds on non-DLQ queues. ApproximateAgeOfOldestMessage is the headline SQS timeliness signal — sustained elevation means consumers are falling behind. Threshold is workload-dependent and should be tuned per queue SLA. | ## Screenshots This integration includes one or more Kibana dashboards that visualizes the data collected by the integration. The screenshots below illustrate how the ingested data is displayed. ![Dashboard screenshot](https://epr.elastic.co/package/aws_sqs_otel/0.11.0/img/dashboard.png) ## Changelog | Version | Details | Minimum Kibana version | |------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------| | **0.11.0** | **Enhancement** ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/19924))Add ML anomaly detection module for SQS queue backlog, in-flight, and oldest-message age.**Enhancement** ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/19924))Add ml_module to the Kibana asset tags. | 9.5.0 | | **0.10.0** | **Enhancement** ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/19887))Add missing recommended alert for producer send rate drop. | 9.5.0 | | **0.9.0** | **Enhancement** ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/19940))Add tags to Kibana assets | 9.5.0 | | **0.8.1** | **Enhancement** ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/19964))Rename the dashboard to "[AWS SQS OTel] Metrics". | 9.5.0 | | **0.8.0** | **Enhancement** ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/19884))Remove the idle status and map "no data" to "Unknown" across SQS dashboard panels. | 9.5.0 | | **0.7.0** | **Enhancement** ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/19799))Improve ESQL queries in dashboards | 9.5.0 | | **0.6.0** | **Enhancement** ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/19797))Add _dev/build/docs/README.md | 9.5.0 | | **0.5.0** | **Enhancement** ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/19683))Improve dashboard queries and visualizations | 9.5.0 | | **0.4.0** | **Enhancement** ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/19695))Update aggregation functions and replace backlog-growth alert with high-backlog. | 9.5.0 | | **0.3.0** | **Enhancement** ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/19637))Add alert rules and SLOs to README | 9.5.0 | | **0.2.1** | **Enhancement** ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/19666))Standardize the package title and description to the `AWS OpenTelemetry Assets` naming convention. | 9.5.0 | | **0.2.0** | **Enhancement** ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/19483))Create new SLO and Alert assets | 9.5.0 | | **0.1.0** | **Enhancement** ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/19462))Initial AWS SQS OpenTelemetry metrics dashboard package | 9.5.0 |