---
type: resource-type
title: ContactChannel
description: aws resource type AWS::SSMContacts::ContactChannel
name: ContactChannel
lexicon: aws
resource_type: AWS::SSMContacts::ContactChannel
---
`AWS::SSMContacts::ContactChannel`, a resource type of the aws lexicon.

## Properties

- `Arn` (`string`, optional): The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the engagement to a contact channel.
- `ChannelAddress` (`string`, optional): The details that SSM Incident Manager uses when trying to engage the contact channel.
- `ChannelName` (`string`, optional): The device name. String of 6 to 50 alphabetical, numeric, dash, and underscore characters.
- `ChannelType` (`"EMAIL" | "SMS" | "VOICE"`, optional): Device type, which specify notification channel. Currently supported values: “SMS”, “VOICE”, “EMAIL”, “CHATBOT.
- `ContactId` (`string`, optional): ARN of the contact resource
- `DeferActivation` (`boolean`, optional): If you want to activate the channel at a later time, you can choose to defer activation. SSM Incident Manager can't engage your contact channel until it has been activated.

## Attributes

- `Arn`