---
title: Getting Started with Datadog
description: Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring.
breadcrumbs: Docs > Infrastructure > Datadog Resource Catalog
---

# aws_shield_settings{% #aws_shield_settings %}

## `account_id`{% #account_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `emergency_contact_list`{% #emergency_contact_list %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRUCT`**Provider name**: `EmergencyContactList`**Description**: A list of email addresses and phone numbers that the Shield Response Team (SRT) can use to contact you if you have proactive engagement enabled, for escalations to the SRT and to initiate proactive customer support.

- `contact_notes`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `ContactNotes`**Description**: Additional notes regarding the contact.
- `email_address`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `EmailAddress`**Description**: The email address for the contact.
- `phone_number`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `PhoneNumber`**Description**: The phone number for the contact.

## `subscription`{% #subscription %}

**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `Subscription`**Description**: The Shield Advanced subscription details for an account.

- `auto_renew`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `AutoRenew`**Description**: If `ENABLED`, the subscription will be automatically renewed at the end of the existing subscription period. When you initally create a subscription, `AutoRenew` is set to `ENABLED`. You can change this by submitting an `UpdateSubscription` request. If the `UpdateSubscription` request does not included a value for `AutoRenew`, the existing value for `AutoRenew` remains unchanged.
- `end_time`**Type**: `TIMESTAMP`**Provider name**: `EndTime`**Description**: The date and time your subscription will end.
- `limits`**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRUCT`**Provider name**: `Limits`**Description**: Specifies how many protections of a given type you can create.
  - `max`**Type**: `INT64`**Provider name**: `Max`**Description**: The maximum number of protections that can be created for the specified `Type`.
  - `type`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `Type`**Description**: The type of protection.
- `proactive_engagement_status`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `ProactiveEngagementStatus`**Description**: If `ENABLED`, the Shield Response Team (SRT) will use email and phone to notify contacts about escalations to the SRT and to initiate proactive customer support. If `PENDING`, you have requested proactive engagement and the request is pending. The status changes to `ENABLED` when your request is fully processed. If `DISABLED`, the SRT will not proactively notify contacts about escalations or to initiate proactive customer support.
- `start_time`**Type**: `TIMESTAMP`**Provider name**: `StartTime`**Description**: The start time of the subscription, in Unix time in seconds.
- `subscription_arn`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `SubscriptionArn`**Description**: The ARN (Amazon Resource Name) of the subscription.
- `subscription_limits`**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `SubscriptionLimits`**Description**: Limits settings for your subscription.
  - `protection_group_limits`**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `ProtectionGroupLimits`**Description**: Limits settings on protection groups for your subscription.
    - `max_protection_groups`**Type**: `INT64`**Provider name**: `MaxProtectionGroups`**Description**: The maximum number of protection groups that you can have at one time.
    - `pattern_type_limits`**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `PatternTypeLimits`**Description**: Limits settings by pattern type in the protection groups for your subscription.
      - `arbitrary_pattern_limits`**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `ArbitraryPatternLimits`**Description**: Limits settings on protection groups with arbitrary pattern type.
        - `max_members`**Type**: `INT64`**Provider name**: `MaxMembers`**Description**: The maximum number of resources you can specify for a single arbitrary pattern in a protection group.
  - `protection_limits`**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `ProtectionLimits`**Description**: Limits settings on protections for your subscription.
    - `protected_resource_type_limits`**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRUCT`**Provider name**: `ProtectedResourceTypeLimits`**Description**: The maximum number of resource types that you can specify in a protection.
      - `max`**Type**: `INT64`**Provider name**: `Max`**Description**: The maximum number of protections that can be created for the specified `Type`.
      - `type`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `Type`**Description**: The type of protection.
- `time_commitment_in_seconds`**Type**: `INT64`**Provider name**: `TimeCommitmentInSeconds`**Description**: The length, in seconds, of the Shield Advanced subscription for the account.

## `subscription_state`{% #subscription_state %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `SubscriptionState`**Description**: The status of the subscription.

## `tags`{% #tags %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`