Create a phone pool in AWS End User Messaging SMS - AWS End User Messaging SMS

Create a phone pool in AWS End User Messaging SMS

When you create a new phone pool it will inherit all of the settings from the first phone number or sender ID that is added. For example, if you create a pool and the first phone number added has two-way messaging enabled, the other phone numbers that you add to the pool must also have two-way messaging enabled.

Create a phone pool (Console)

To create a pool using the AWS End User Messaging SMS console, follow these steps:

To create a pool (Console)

  1. Open the AWS End User Messaging SMS console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/sms-voice/.

  2. In the navigation pane, under Configurations, choose Phone pools.

  3. On the Phone pools page, choose Create phone pool.

  4. Under the Pool setup section, for Pool name enter a name for your pool.

  5. Choose one of the following options:

    • Phone number – In the Phone numbers available for association section, choose a phone number to associate with the pool.

      • Simulator number (Optional)– If you don't have any phone numbers and want to request a simulator phone number then choose Phone number and in the Phone numbers available for association section, do the following:

        • Choose Request simulator number.

        • In Request simulator number, choose your country from the dropdown list.

        • Choose Request number.

        • In Phone numbers available for association, choose the new simulator phone number.

    • Sender ID – In the Sender IDs available for association section, choose a sender ID to associate with the pool.

  6. (Optional) Expand the Tags and choose Add new tag.

    1. Enter a new blank key/value pair.

    2. (Optional) Choose Add new tag to add another tag.

  7. Choose Create phone pool.

Create a phone pool (AWS CLI)

You can use the create-pool command to create new pools.

You can also add a phone number to a pool when you use the RequestPhoneNumber API to purchase a phone number. For more information, see Request a phone number in AWS End User Messaging SMS.

To create a pool using the AWS CLI

  • At the command line, enter the following command:

    $ aws pinpoint-sms-voice-v2 create-pool \
> --origination-identity originationIdentity \
> --iso-country-code XX \
> --message-type TRANSACTIONAL

    In the preceding command, make the following changes:

    • Replace originationIdentity with the unique ID or Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the phone number or sender ID that you want to add to the pool.

      Tip

      You can find both the ID and ARN of a phone number by using the describe-phone-numbers operation. You can find the ID and ARN of a sender ID by using the describe-sender-ids operation.

    • Replace XX with the ISO-3166 alpha-2 identifier of the country for the originationIdentity.

    • If you plan to use the pool to send marketing or promotional messages, replace TRANSACTIONAL with PROMOTIONAL. Otherwise, use TRANSACTIONAL.