Spring Boot Microservice with AWS SQS and PostgreSQL

This project is a small Spring Boot microservice that demonstrates integration with AWS SQS for message queueing and connects to a PostgreSQL database. It includes basic CRUD operations for a sample entity and showcases sending/receiving messages to/from SQS.

Features

• Spring Boot REST API
• PostgreSQL integration (CRUD for a sample entity)
• AWS SQS integration (send/receive messages)
• Maven build management

Setup Instructions

1. Ensure you have Java 17+, Maven, and Docker (for local PostgreSQL) installed.
2. Configure AWS credentials for SQS access.
3. Update application.properties with your database and SQS details.
4. Build and run the application:

   mvn clean spring-boot:run

Folder Structure

• src/main/java - Source code
• src/main/resources - Configuration files
• .github/copilot-instructions.md - Copilot instructions

Next Steps

• Implement CRUD endpoints
• Integrate AWS SQS client
• Connect to PostgreSQL

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This README will be updated as features are implemented.