AWS Service Catalog AppRegistry will no longer be open to new customers starting July 30, 2026. If you would like to use the service, sign up prior to that date. Existing customers can continue to use the service as normal. For more information, see [AWS Service Catalog AppRegistry availability change](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/servicecatalog/latest/arguide/app-registry-availability-change.html).

# Creating and managing resource shares in applications
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 This topic describes how to create and manage resource shares for AppRegistry applications. For information about creating applications, see [Creating applications](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/servicecatalog/latest/arguide/create-apps.html). 

**Note**  
 Before a member account can enable cross-account sharing, the management account in the organization must enable sharing. For more information, see [Sharing your AWS resources](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ram/latest/userguide/getting-started-sharing.html#getting-started-sharing-orgs) in the *AWS Resource Access Manager User Guide*. 

**To create a resource shares for a new application**

1.  Open the AWS Service Catalog console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/servicecatalog/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/servicecatalog/) 

1.  From the navigation pane, choose **AppRegistry**, and then choose **Applications**. You're directed to the **Applications** screen. 

1.  On **Applications**, choose **Create application**. 

1.  Under **Application name and description**, enter a name for your application. You can optionally enter a description for your application. 

1.  To enable sharing for a management account, under **Application share configuration**, choose **Enable**. 

   1.  On **Settings**, select **Enable sharing with AWS Organizations**, and then choose **Save settings**. 

1.  To enable sharing for a member account, under **Application share configuration**, choose **Turn on cross-account sharing**. 

   1.  For **Select Organization entity**, select your preferred organization entity (**AWS Organization Account**, **AWS Organization Unit**, or **AWS Organization**). 

   1.  For **ID**, enter the ID for your preferred organization entity. 

   1.  For **Share permission**, select **Allow associations** or **Read only**. 
      +  **Allow associations** when the selected account can associate resource collections and attribute groups to the application.
      +  **Read only** when the selected account can view the application only. 
**Note**  
 When you select **Turn on cross-account sharing**, you can display the organizational structure in a heirarchy or list view by choosing **Display organizational structure**.   
 You can add an organization entity by choosing **Add new**. You can delete an organization entity by choosing **Remove** next to the organization entity that you're deleting. 

1.  Complete your application configuration, and then choose **Create application**. 

**To create a resource share for an existing application**

1.  Open the AWS Service Catalog console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/servicecatalog/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/servicecatalog/) 

1.  From the navigation pane, choose **AppRegistry**, and then choose **Applications**. You're directed to the **Applications** screen. 

1.  On **Applications**, choose the name of the application that you want to create a resource share for. Or select the application that you want to create a resource share for, and then choose **View**. You're directed to the **Application details** screen. 

1.  On **Application details**, choose **Share**, and then choose **Create new share**. 
**Tip**  
 The **Share** tab displays resource shares associated to the application. You can manage these resource shares by choosing **Manage in RAM console**. For more information, see [What is AWS Resource Access Manager?](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ram/latest/userguide/what-is.html) in the *AWS Resource Access Manager User Guide*. 

1.  To enable sharing for a management account, under **Application share configuration**, choose **Enable**. 

   1.  On **Settings**, select **Enable sharing with AWS Organizations**, and then choose **Save settings**. 

1.  To enable sharing for a member account, under **Application share configuration**, choose **Turn on cross-account sharing**. 

   1.  For **Select Organization entity**, select your preferred organization entity (**AWS Organization Account**, **AWS Organization Unit**, or **AWS Organization**). 

   1.  For **ID**, enter the ID for your preferred organization entity. 

   1.  For **Share permission**, select **Allow associations** or **Read only**. 
      +  **Allow associations** when the selected account can associate resource collections and attribute groups to the application.
      +  **Read only** when the selected account can view the application only. 
**Note**  
 When you select **Turn on cross-account sharing**, you can display the organizational structure in a heirarchy or list view by choosing **Display organizational structure**.   
 You can add an organization entity by choosing **Add new**. You can delete an organization entity by choosing **Remove** next to the organization entity that you're deleting. 

1.  Confirm your resource share configuration, and then choose **Create share**.