# AssociateConnectionAlias
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Associates the specified connection alias with the specified directory to enable cross-Region redirection. For more information, see [ Cross-Region Redirection for Amazon WorkSpaces](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/workspaces/latest/adminguide/cross-region-redirection.html).

**Note**  
Before performing this operation, call [ DescribeConnectionAliases](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/workspaces/latest/api/API_DescribeConnectionAliases.html) to make sure that the current state of the connection alias is `CREATED`.

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "AliasId": "string",
   "ResourceId": "string"
}
```

## Request Parameters
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The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [AliasId](#API_AssociateConnectionAlias_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="WorkSpaces-AssociateConnectionAlias-request-AliasId"></a>
The identifier of the connection alias.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 13. Maximum length of 68.  
Pattern: `^wsca-[0-9a-z]{8,63}$`   
Required: Yes

 ** [ResourceId](#API_AssociateConnectionAlias_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="WorkSpaces-AssociateConnectionAlias-request-ResourceId"></a>
The identifier of the directory to associate the connection alias with.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1.  
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax
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```
{
   "ConnectionIdentifier": "string"
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [ConnectionIdentifier](#API_AssociateConnectionAlias_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="WorkSpaces-AssociateConnectionAlias-response-ConnectionIdentifier"></a>
The identifier of the connection alias association. You use the connection identifier in the DNS TXT record when you're configuring your DNS routing policies.   
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 20.  
Pattern: `^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$` 

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** AccessDeniedException **   
The user is not authorized to access a resource.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InvalidParameterValuesException **   
One or more parameter values are not valid.    
 ** message **   
The exception error message.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InvalidResourceStateException **   
The state of the resource is not valid for this operation.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** OperationNotSupportedException **   
This operation is not supported.    
 ** message **   
The exception error message.  
 ** reason **   
The exception error reason.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ResourceAssociatedException **   
The resource is associated with a directory.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
The resource could not be found.    
 ** message **   
The resource could not be found.  
 ** ResourceId **   
The ID of the resource that could not be found.
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/workspaces-2015-04-08/AssociateConnectionAlias) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/workspaces-2015-04-08/AssociateConnectionAlias) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/workspaces-2015-04-08/AssociateConnectionAlias) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/workspaces-2015-04-08/AssociateConnectionAlias) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/workspaces-2015-04-08/AssociateConnectionAlias) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/workspaces-2015-04-08/AssociateConnectionAlias) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/workspaces-2015-04-08/AssociateConnectionAlias) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/workspaces-2015-04-08/AssociateConnectionAlias) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/workspaces-2015-04-08/AssociateConnectionAlias) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/workspaces-2015-04-08/AssociateConnectionAlias)