Links SQS Qs to Growl notifications.

Perquisites

• Boto
• pyyaml
• Access to Amazon's SQS
• Growl
• Growl python bindings

Setup

Once boto is installed, add this to the boto.cfg:

[sqs-growl]
queue = MyQueueName

where MyQueueName is the Q you want to listen to (it must first exist)

Running the Daemon

extract and then run the following command

python sqs-growl.py

This will listen for any message properly formatted on the Q you specified in the setup section. All messages it doesn't understand will be ignored.

Sending Messages

There's a simple little script called ''send-message.py'' which can be invoked like so:

python send-message.py -t type -n name

After this is run, it waits for standard input, so just go ahead and type the description and then press enter, followed by ctrl+d. After you do this, it will connect to SQS and send the message. Since this can take a few seconds, don't be worried if it looks like it didn't work.

type can be one of the following:

• alert
• warning
• critical

name is the "Title" that you want displayed. This is the larger text. What you enter in on standard in is the smaller text that appears below the name.