I want to use an account alias instead of account number.

Question

For my aws account I created an alias, how long does it take to use the alias?
I created an alias as root-user and I created an IAM-user with administrative permissions.
I can log on as this IAM user using the account number but not using the alias.
If I use in the top bar (of 3) the alias instead of account number I get the message:
"Your authentication information is incorrect. Please try again."
If I change the alias in the top bar to account number it works.

Accepted Answer

I believe it can be pretty much used instantly.
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/console_account-alias.html

If you want the URL for your sign-in page to contain your company name (or other friendly identifier) instead of your AWS account ID, you can create an account alias. This section provides information about AWS account aliases and lists the API operations that you use to create an alias.

Your sign-in page URL has the following format, by default.
If you create an AWS account alias for your AWS account ID, your sign-in page URL looks like the following example.

https://**Your_Account_Alias**.signin.aws.amazon.com/console/

I believe it can be pretty much used instantly.

Answer

The alias is usable immediately. The error message indicates that your account alias name and username combination is incorrect. Please cross verify your account alias name, it is case sensitive. Also, use the alias URL provided by AWS.

Thanks

Answer

Do not ask me why but the account alias, I thougt i configured it in the console. was not working but after running `aws iam list-account-aliases` I only could see an empty list so i ran `aws iam create-account-alias --account-alias *new-alias*` it worked. thanks

I want to use an account alias instead of account number.

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