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Creating an account alias - AWS Identity and Access Management
To create an AWS account alias

Creating an account alias

To perform the following steps, you must have at least the following IAM permissions:

  • iam:ListAccountAliases

  • iam:CreateAccountAlias

To create an AWS account alias

Console

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the IAM console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Dashboard.

  3. In the AWS Account section, next to Account Alias, choose Create. If an alias already exists, then choose Edit.

  4. In the dialog box, enter the name you want to use for your alias, then choose Save changes.

AWS CLI

Run the following command:

API

To create an alias for your AWS Management Console sign-in page URL, call the following operation: