Integrating ColdFusion with AWS S3, SQS, and Lambda: A Step-by-Step Guide

Since the ColdFusion 2021 release, ColdFusion has native, first-class integration with AWS through a single method: getCloudService(). You configure AWS credentials and a service config (as structs or as named aliases in the ColdFusion Administrator), call getCloudService(credential, config) to get a service object, and then call methods on it — createBucket()/uploadFile() for S3, createQueue()/sendMessage/receiveMessage for SQS, and invoke functions for Lambda (CF 2021 can even deploy CFML to Lambda). The new S3 API is cfscript-only and is separate from the older s3:// file-path support that's existed since CF 2016. One setup gotcha: with the ZIP installer, ColdFusion is modular, so you must install the relevant packages (awss3, the SQS package, awslambda) via the Package Manager first; the GUI installer pre-installs them. An alternative that also works (and works on Lucee and older CF) is using the AWS SDK for Java directly. This guide walks through all three services step by step.
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