AWS::SSMContacts::Contact - Amazon CloudFormation
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AWS::SSMContacts::Contact

The AWS::SSMContacts::Contact resource specifies a contact or escalation plan. Incident Manager contacts are a subset of actions and data types that you can use for managing responder engagement and interaction.

Syntax

To declare this entity in your Amazon CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

JSON

{ "Type" : "AWS::SSMContacts::Contact", "Properties" : { "Alias" : String, "DisplayName" : String, "Plan" : [ Stage, ... ], "Type" : String } }

YAML

Type: AWS::SSMContacts::Contact Properties: Alias: String DisplayName: String Plan: - Stage Type: String

Properties

Alias

The unique and identifiable alias of the contact or escalation plan.

Required: Yes

Type: String

Pattern: ^[a-z0-9_\-\.]*$

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 255

Update requires: Replacement

DisplayName

The full name of the contact or escalation plan.

Required: Yes

Type: String

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-\s]*$

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 255

Update requires: No interruption

Plan

A list of stages. A contact has an engagement plan with stages that contact specified contact channels. An escalation plan uses stages that contact specified contacts.

Required: No

Type: Array of Stage

Update requires: No interruption

Type

The type of contact.

  • PERSONAL: A single, individual contact.

  • ESCALATION: An escalation plan.

  • ONCALL_SCHEDULE: An on-call schedule.

Required: Yes

Type: String

Allowed values: PERSONAL | ESCALATION | ONCALL_SCHEDULE

Update requires: Replacement

Return values

Ref

When you pass the logical ID of this resource to the intrinsic Ref function, Ref returns the ARN of the resource.

For more information about using the Ref function, see Ref.

Fn::GetAtt

The Fn::GetAtt intrinsic function returns a value for a specified attribute of this type. The following are the available attributes and sample return values.

For more information about using the Fn::GetAtt intrinsic function, see Fn::GetAtt.

Arn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Contact resource, such as arn:aws:ssm-contacts:us-west-2:123456789012:contact/contactalias.

Examples

Create Incident Manager resources

The following example demonstrates the creation of not only contacts, but also a contact channel, a contact plan, and on-call rotation schedules. We recommend creating all Incident Manager Contacts resources using a single Amazon CloudFormation template.

JSON

{ "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09", "Resources": { "MySSMContact": { "Type": "AWS::SSMContacts::Contact", "Properties": { "Alias": "my-ssm-contact", "DisplayName": "My_SSM_contact", "Type": "PERSONAL" } }, "MyEscalationPlan": { "Type": "AWS::SSMContacts::Contact", "Properties": { "Alias": "my-escalation-plan", "DisplayName": "My_escalation_plan", "Type": "ESCALATION" } }, "MyOncallScheduleContact": { "Type": "AWS::SSMContacts::Contact", "Properties": { "Alias": "my-oncall-schedule", "DisplayName": "My_on-call_schedule", "Type": "ONCALL_SCHEDULE" } }, "MyContactChannelEmail": { "Type": "AWS::SSMContacts::ContactChannel", "Properties": { "ContactId": {"Ref": "MySSMContact"}, "ChannelName": "MyEmailChannel", "ChannelType": "EMAIL", "ChannelAddress": "contact-email-channel@example.com" } }, "MySSMContactEngagementPlan": { "Type": "AWS::SSMContacts::Plan", "Properties": { "ContactId": {"Ref": "MySSMContact"}, "Stages": [ { "DurationInMinutes": 10, "Targets": [ { "ChannelTargetInfo": { "ChannelId": {"Ref": "MyContactChannelEmail"}, "RetryIntervalInMinutes": 3 } } ] } ] } }, "MySSMContactEscalationPlan": { "Type": "AWS::SSMContacts::Plan", "Properties": { "ContactId": {"Ref": "MyEscalationPlan"}, "Stages": [ { "DurationInMinutes": 0, "Targets": [ { "ContactTargetInfo": { "ContactId": {"Ref": "MySSMContact"}, "IsEssential": true } } ] } ] } }, "MyDailyRotation": { "Type": "AWS::SSMContacts::Rotation", "Properties": { "Name": "My_daily_rotation", "ContactIds": [ {"Ref": "MySSMContact"} ], "StartTime": "2025-03-03T20:20:39", "TimeZoneId": "America/Los_Angeles", "Recurrence": { "NumberOfOnCalls": 1, "RecurrenceMultiplier": 1, "DailySettings": ["13:00"] } } }, "MyWeeklyRotation": { "Type": "AWS::SSMContacts::Rotation", "Properties": { "Name": "My_weekly_rotation", "ContactIds": [ {"Ref": "MySSMContact"} ], "StartTime": "2025-03-03T20:20:39", "TimeZoneId": "America/Los_Angeles", "Recurrence": { "NumberOfOnCalls": 1, "RecurrenceMultiplier": 1, "WeeklySettings": [ { "DayOfWeek": "MON", "HandOffTime": "13:00" } ] } } }, "MyMonthlyRotation": { "Type": "AWS::SSMContacts::Rotation", "Properties": { "Name": "My_monthly_rotation", "ContactIds": [ {"Ref": "MySSMContact"} ], "StartTime": "2025-03-03T20:20:39", "TimeZoneId": "America/Los_Angeles", "Recurrence": { "ShiftCoverages": [ { "DayOfWeek": "MON", "CoverageTimes": [ { "StartTime": "10:00", "EndTime": "18:00" } ] } ], "NumberOfOnCalls": 1, "RecurrenceMultiplier": 1, "MonthlySettings": [ { "DayOfMonth": 10, "HandOffTime": "13:00" } ] } } } } }

YAML

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: '2010-09-09' Resources: MySSMContact: Type: 'AWS::SSMContacts::Contact' Properties: Alias: my-ssm-contact DisplayName: My_SSM_contact Type: PERSONAL MyEscalationPlan: Type: 'AWS::SSMContacts::Contact' Properties: Alias: my-escalation-plan DisplayName: My_escalation_plan Type: ESCALATION MyOncallScheduleContact: Type: 'AWS::SSMContacts::Contact' Properties: Alias: my-oncall-schedule DisplayName: My_on-call_schedule Type: ONCALL_SCHEDULE MyContactChannelEmail: Type: 'AWS::SSMContacts::ContactChannel' Properties: ContactId: Ref: MySSMContact ChannelName: MyEmailChannel ChannelType: EMAIL ChannelAddress: contact-email-channel@example.com MySSMContactEngagementPlan: Type: 'AWS::SSMContacts::Plan' Properties: ContactId: Ref: MySSMContact Stages: - DurationInMinutes: 10 Targets: - ChannelTargetInfo: ChannelId: Ref: MyContactChannelEmail RetryIntervalInMinutes: 3 MySSMContactEscalationPlan: Type: 'AWS::SSMContacts::Plan' Properties: ContactId: Ref: MyEscalationPlan Stages: - DurationInMinutes: 0 Targets: - ContactTargetInfo: ContactId: Ref: MySSMContact IsEssential: true MyDailyRotation: Type: 'AWS::SSMContacts::Rotation' Properties: Name: My_daily_rotation ContactIds: - Ref: MySSMContact StartTime: '2025-03-03T20:20:39' TimeZoneId: America/Los_Angeles Recurrence: NumberOfOnCalls: 1 RecurrenceMultiplier: 1 DailySettings: - '13:00' MyWeeklyRotation: Type: 'AWS::SSMContacts::Rotation' Properties: Name: My_weekly_rotation ContactIds: - Ref: MySSMContact StartTime: '2025-03-03T20:20:39' TimeZoneId: America/Los_Angeles Recurrence: NumberOfOnCalls: 1 RecurrenceMultiplier: 1 WeeklySettings: - DayOfWeek: MON HandOffTime: '13:00' MyMonthlyRotation: Type: 'AWS::SSMContacts::Rotation' Properties: Name: My_monthly_rotation ContactIds: - Ref: MySSMContact StartTime: '2025-03-03T20:20:39' TimeZoneId: America/Los_Angeles Recurrence: ShiftCoverages: - DayOfWeek: MON CoverageTimes: - StartTime: '10:00' EndTime: '18:00' NumberOfOnCalls: 1 RecurrenceMultiplier: 1 MonthlySettings: - DayOfMonth: 10 HandOffTime: '13:00'