Request Parameters Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

CreateDomainAccessGrantForOrganization

Creates an AccessGrant that authorizes a principal to administer an organization domain.

Request Parameters

clientToken

Idempotency token for safe retries. Repeated requests with the same token return the original result instead of creating a duplicate.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.

Pattern: [!-~]+

Required: No

domainId

The ID of the organization domain to create the grant on.

Type: String

Pattern: d-[0-9a-z]{1,25}

Required: Yes

name

A name that identifies the access grant.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9_-]+

Required: Yes

permission

The permission to grant.

Type: String

Valid Values: ADMIN

Required: Yes

principal

The principal receiving the grant.

Type: OrganizationAccessGrantPrincipal object

Required: Yes

tags

The tags to associate with the access grant.

Type: String to string map

Map Entries: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 50 items.

Key Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Value Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 256.

Required: No

Response Elements

The following element is returned by the service.

accessGrant

The details of the created organization access grant.

Type: OrganizationAccessGrant object

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Error Types.

AccessDeniedException

The caller is not authorized to perform this action.

HTTP Status Code: 403

ConflictException

The operation could not be completed because of a conflict with the current state of the resource.

conflictType: The type of conflict that caused the request to fail. Not always present.
errorCode: The error code associated with the conflict. Not always present.
message: A human-readable description of the conflict.
resourceId: The identifier of the resource that is in conflict. Not always present.
resourceType: The type of the resource that is in conflict. Not always present.

HTTP Status Code: 409

InternalServerException

An unexpected error occurred while processing the request.

errorCode: The error code associated with the internal error.

HTTP Status Code: 500

ResourceNotFoundException

The specified resource does not exist.

errorCode: The error code associated with the failure.
resourceId: The identifier of the resource that could not be found. Not always present.
resourceType: The type of the resource that could not be found. Not always present.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ServiceQuotaExceededException

A service quota was exceeded.

HTTP Status Code: 402

ThrottlingException

The request was throttled due to exceeding the allowed request rate.

retryAfterSeconds: The number of seconds to wait before retrying the request. Not always present.

HTTP Status Code: 429

ValidationException

A parameter is specified incorrectly.

errorCode: The error code associated with the validation failure.

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

Create an organization domain access grant

The following example grants an Identity Center user administrative access to an organization domain. Payloads are shown as JSON; on the wire they are CBOR-encoded.

Sample Request


{
  "clientToken": "3f2a9c1e-7b04-4d8a-9e15-6c2b8d0f4a73",
  "domainId": "d-1a2b3c4d5e",
  "name": "org-domain-admin",
  "permission": "ADMIN",
  "principal": {
    "principalId": "94b6c7d8-1a2b-4c3d-9e4f-5a6b7c8d9e0f",
    "principalType": "IDC_USER"
  },
  "tags": {
    "Team": "observability"
  }
}

Sample Response


{
  "accessGrant": {
    "createdAt": "2026-09-16T14:22:31Z",
    "createdBy": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/ObservabilityAdmin",
    "domainId": "d-1a2b3c4d5e",
    "grantArn": "arn:aws:cloudwatch:us-east-1:123456789012:organization-access-grant/7f3e9d21-4c8b-4f6a-b1d2-3e4f5a6b7c8d",
    "grantId": "7f3e9d21-4c8b-4f6a-b1d2-3e4f5a6b7c8d",
    "grantType": "CUSTOMER_MANAGED",
    "name": "org-domain-admin",
    "permission": "ADMIN",
    "principal": {
      "principalId": "94b6c7d8-1a2b-4c3d-9e4f-5a6b7c8d9e0f",
      "principalType": "IDC_USER"
    },
    "updatedAt": "2026-09-16T14:22:31Z"
  }
}