[ aws . lightsail ]

create-contact-method

Description

Creates an email or SMS text message contact method.

A contact method is used to send you notifications about your Amazon Lightsail resources. You can add one email address and one mobile phone number contact method in each AWS Region. However, SMS text messaging is not supported in some AWS Regions, and SMS text messages cannot be sent to some countries/regions. For more information, see Notifications in Amazon Lightsail .

See also: AWS API Documentation

See ‘aws help’ for descriptions of global parameters.

Synopsis

  create-contact-method
--protocol <value>
--contact-endpoint <value>
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]

Options

--protocol (string)

The protocol of the contact method, such as Email or SMS (text messaging).

The SMS protocol is supported only in the following AWS Regions.

• US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1 )

• US West (Oregon) (us-west-2 )

• Europe (Ireland) (eu-west-1 )

• Asia Pacific (Tokyo) (ap-northeast-1 )

• Asia Pacific (Singapore) (ap-southeast-1 )

• Asia Pacific (Sydney) (ap-southeast-2 )

For a list of countries/regions where SMS text messages can be sent, and the latest AWS Regions where SMS text messaging is supported, see Supported Regions and Countries in the Amazon SNS Developer Guide .

For more information about notifications in Amazon Lightsail, see Notifications in Amazon Lightsail .

Possible values:

• Email

• SMS

--contact-endpoint (string)

The destination of the contact method, such as an email address or a mobile phone number.

Use the E.164 format when specifying a mobile phone number. E.164 is a standard for the phone number structure used for international telecommunication. Phone numbers that follow this format can have a maximum of 15 digits, and they are prefixed with the plus character (+) and the country code. For example, a U.S. phone number in E.164 format would be specified as +1XXX5550100. For more information, see E.164 on Wikipedia .

--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml.

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. Similarly, if provided yaml-input it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.

See ‘aws help’ for descriptions of global parameters.

Output

operations -> (list)

An array of objects that describe the result of the action, such as the status of the request, the timestamp of the request, and the resources affected by the request.

(structure)

Describes the API operation.

id -> (string)

The ID of the operation.

resourceName -> (string)

The resource name.

resourceType -> (string)

The resource type.

createdAt -> (timestamp)

The timestamp when the operation was initialized (e.g., 1479816991.349 ).

location -> (structure)

The AWS Region and Availability Zone.

availabilityZone -> (string)

The Availability Zone. Follows the format us-east-2a (case-sensitive).

regionName -> (string)

The AWS Region name.

isTerminal -> (boolean)

A Boolean value indicating whether the operation is terminal.

operationDetails -> (string)

Details about the operation (e.g., Debian-1GB-Ohio-1 ).

operationType -> (string)

The type of operation.

status -> (string)

The status of the operation.

statusChangedAt -> (timestamp)

The timestamp when the status was changed (e.g., 1479816991.349 ).

errorCode -> (string)

The error code.

errorDetails -> (string)

The error details.