General Support - Enabling SMS Messages (Amazon SNS API)
Enabling SMS Messages (Connecting to Amazon SNS API)
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Introduction
In order to send SMS messages, the plugin must be connected to Amazon's SNS service.
CM plugins that use Amazon's SNS service for sending SMS messages:
Note that the service has a free tier, but is paid depending on usage.
Acquiring the SNS API Key
Create or Log in to your AWS Account
Head to Amazon AWS and create an account or log in if you already have one.
Note that this step requires entering contact and credit card information.
When the account is created, sign it to the Console:
Sign in as IAM user:
Next step, head to the IAM dashboard.
Navigate to the Users page - you can find it in the Access management section on the Dashboard on the left part of the screen.
On this page you need to create a user by clicking the button Add users.
Write the name of a user, then click the button Next.
On the next step choose the tab Attach policies directly.
Below you need to select 3 SNS permission policies:
- AmazonSNSFullAccess
- AmazonSNSReadOnlyAccess
- AmazonSNSRole
Then click Next.
Next page is just for reviewing user configurations. If everything is ok, click Create user.
The user is created, you can see the success message. Now you need to create Access key ID and Secret access key. Click on the user name for that.
Head to the Security credentials tab.
Scroll down and click Create access key.
Choose the option Third-party service, confirm the message below and click Next.
Next step is optional - you can just skip it by clicking Create access key.
The key and secret keys are created. You can see them only onces.
Note: You will need to use these keys in our plugin, so make sure to copy or download them until you click the Done button.
Last step, click on the Services menu on the left top and head to Console Home.
In the following page you need to open the menu on the right top to choose one of the supported AWS Regions. Pay attention to the code name next to each region - you will need to write a relevant region in the plugin settings.
Learn more: Supported Regions and countries.
Result
Example of result data that you will need for connecting with the plugin:
AWS SNS API Key: AKIA4NWB3AFD7F6FKQY4
AWS SNS API Secret: 5K37asqzaWojRe+XRFQHma7b7Fseuu843DMNyQWz
AWS SNS Region: us-east-1
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