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8.4 Configuring Amazon SNS
We will use the Amazon Simple Notification Service to send text messages (SMS) when certain conditions are met.
Go to the
Amazon SNS
1.
Click on the menu in the left corner to open the navigation pane.
2.
Select Text Messaging (SMS) and choose Publish text message.
3.
Under Message type, select Promotional.
4.
Enter your phone number (phone number that will receive text alerts).
5.
Enter "Test message" for the Message and choose Publish message.
6.
If the phone number you entered is valid, you will receive a text message and your phone number will be
7.
confirmed.
Create an Amazon SNS Topic as follows:
8.
In the navigation pane, choose Topics.
a.
b. Select Create topic.
c.
Under Details, select Standard.
d. Enter a name of your choice. Here we will use "text_topic."
e.
Choose Create topic.
Create subscription for this topic as follows:
9.
a.
In the page for the newly created text_topic, choose the Subscriptions tab.
b. Choose Create subscription.
c.
Select Protocol as SMS from the drop-down.
d. Under Endpoint, enter the previously validated phone number to receive the SMS alerts.
e.
Choose Create subscription. You should see a "Subscription to text_topic created successfully"
message.
8.4.1 Adding a Rule for Amazon SNS Notification
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