Delegated administrator settings in License Manager
You can register a delegated administrator to perform administrative tasks for managed licenses and Linux subscriptions in License Manager. To simplify administration, we recommend using the License Manager console to register a single delegated administrator for each feature of License Manager. When you use this approach, you will have a single delegated administrator in your organization for License Manager.
Using the AWS CLI or SDKs, you can register different member accounts in your organization as the delegated administrator for each supported feature of License Manager. This results in different member accounts in your organization being able to perform administrative tasks for managed licenses and Linux subscriptions.
Important
To use the delegated administration features in the License Manager console, you must have the same member account registered as the delegated administrator for each feature of License Manager. If you registered more than one member account as the delegated administrator, you first have to deregister the existing member accounts, and then register the same account for each feature of License Manager.
Before you register a delegated administrator, you must enable trusted access with Organizations. For more information, see Inviting an AWS account to join your organization and Enable trusted access with AWS Organizations.
The following are the features for which you can register a delegated administrator:
Managed licenses
You can perform administrative tasks, such as sharing self-managed licenses with other member accounts, performing cross-account resource discovery, and distributing managed entitlements to other member accounts.
Linux subscriptions
You can perform administrative tasks, such as viewing and managing commercial Linux subscriptions you own and run across AWS Regions and your accounts in AWS Organizations. You can also create and manage Amazon CloudWatch alarms for your Linux subscriptions. The data must first be discovered and aggregated before it is visible in the License Manager console and any alarms can function if they are configured.
Important
Once registered, the delegated administrator has visibility into EC2 instances owned by accounts in your organization.
You can register and deregister delegated administrators using the AWS License Manager console
Regions supported for delegated License Manager administrators
The following Regions support License Manager delegated administrators:
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US East (Ohio)
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US East (N. Virginia)
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US West (N. California)
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US West (Oregon)
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Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
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Asia Pacific (Seoul)
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Asia Pacific (Singapore)
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Asia Pacific (Sydney)
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Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
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Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)
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Middle East (Bahrain)
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Canada (Central)
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Europe (Frankfurt)
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Europe (Ireland)
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Europe (London)
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Europe (Paris)
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Europe (Stockholm)
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Europe (Milan)
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Africa (Cape Town)
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South America (São Paulo)
Register a delegated License Manager administrator
You can register a delegated administrator using the AWS CLI or AWS Management Console.
Deregister a delegated License Manager administrator
You can deregister a delegated administrator using the AWS CLI or AWS Management Console.
