License Manager – Member account role
License Manager requires a service-linked role that allows the management account to manage licenses.
Permissions for the member account role
The service-linked role named
AWSServiceRoleForAWSLicenseManagerMemberAccountRole allows License Manager to
access Amazon resources for license management actions from a configured management account
on your behalf.
The AWSServiceRoleForAWSLicenseManagerMemberAccountRole
service-linked role trusts the license-manager.member-account.amazonaws.com
service to assume the role.
To review permissions for the AWSLicenseManagerMemberAccountRolePolicy, see Amazon managed policy: AWSLicenseManagerMemberAccountRolePolicy. To learn more about configuring permissions for a service-linked role, see Service-Linked Role Permissions in the IAM User Guide.
Create the service-linked role for License Manager
You don't need to manually create the service-linked role. You can enable integration
with Amazon Organizations from the management account in the License Manager console on the
Settings page. You can also do this using the Amazon CLI (run
update-service-settings) or the Amazon API (call
UpdateServiceSettings). When you do, License Manager creates the service-linked role
for you in the Organizations member accounts.
If you delete this service-linked role and then need to create it again, you can use the same process to recreate the role in your account.
You can also use the IAM console, Amazon CLI, or the Amazon API to create a service-linked role manually. For more information, see Creating a Service-Linked Role in the IAM User Guide.
Important
This service-linked role can appear in your account if you completed an action in
another service that uses the features supported by this role. If you were using the License Manager
service before January 1, 2017, when it began supporting service-linked roles, then
License Manager created the AWSServiceRoleForAWSLicenseManagerMemberAccountRole
role in your account. For more information, see A New
Role Appeared in My IAM Account.
You can use the License Manager console to create a service-linked role.
To create the service-linked role
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Log in to your Amazon Organizations management account.
Open the License Manager console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/license-manager/
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In the left navigation pane, choose Settings, and then choose Edit.
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Choose Link Amazon Organizations accounts.
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Choose Apply. This creates the roles AWSServiceRoleForAWSLicenseManagerRole and AWSServiceRoleForAWSLicenseManagerMemberAccountRole in all child accounts.
You can also use the IAM console to create a service-linked role with the License Manager
- Member account use case. Alternatively, in the Amazon CLI or Amazon API, create a
service-linked role with the license-manager.member-account.amazonaws.com
service name. For more information, see Creating a
Service-Linked Role in the IAM User Guide.
If you delete this service-linked role, you can use the same IAM process to create the role again.
Edit a service-linked role for License Manager
License Manager does not allow you to edit the
AWSServiceRoleForAWSLicenseManagerMemberAccountRole service-linked
role. After you create a service-linked role, you cannot change the name of the role because
various entities might reference the role. However, you can edit the description of the role
using IAM. For more information, see Editing a
Service-Linked Role in the IAM User Guide.
Delete a service-linked role for License Manager
If you no longer need to use a feature or service that requires a service-linked role, we recommend that you delete that role. That way, you only have entities that are actively monitored or maintained. However, you must clean up your service-linked role before you can manually delete it.
Manually delete the service-linked role
Use the IAM console, Amazon CLI, or Amazon API to delete the
AWSServiceRoleForAWSLicenseManagerMemberAccountRole service-linked
role. For more information, see Deleting
a Service-Linked Role in the IAM User Guide.