I’ve followed the steps outlined in a detailed guide to configure Laravel queues with AWS SQS for local development. Despite meticulously following each step, I’m encountering issues where the queue jobs aren’t processing as expected. Here’s a summary of the steps I’ve taken:

1. Install AWS SDK: I’ve installed the AWS SDK for PHP via Composer using the command composer require aws/aws-sdk-php.

2. Get AWS Keys: I’ve obtained my AWS access key ID and secret access key, and set the necessary permissions including AmazonSQSFullAccess.

3. Create a Queue: I’ve created a queue named “default” in the SQS console, which Laravel dispatches jobs to by default.

4. Set .env Variables: I’ve added the AWS credentials and SQS region in the .env file, following the format AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=YOUR_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=YOUR_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, and AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=YOUR_SQS_REGION. Additionally, I’ve set the SQS prefix and changed the queue driver to SQS.

5. Start Queue Worker: I’ve started the queue worker using php artisan queue:work sqs command.

Despite these efforts, I’m still unable to get the SQS queue working locally. Any help or insights would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

Despite these efforts, nothing seems to be happening after dispatching jobs to the default queue. Here are the troubleshooting steps I’ve attempted so far:

1. Check AWS Credentials: Ensured correct AWS credentials in the .env file.

2. Verify Queue Creation: Confirmed the existence of the “default” queue in the SQS console.

3. Check Queue URL: Verified that the SQS URL in the .env file matches the queue URL in the SQS console.

4. Queue Worker Logs: Ran the queue worker in verbose mode to check for any error messages or warnings.

5. Permissions: Ensured that the AWS credentials have the necessary permissions to interact with SQS.