Select your cookie preferences

We use essential cookies and similar tools that are necessary to provide our site and services. We use performance cookies to collect anonymous statistics, so we can understand how customers use our site and make improvements. Essential cookies cannot be deactivated, but you can choose “Customize” or “Decline” to decline performance cookies.

If you agree, AWS and approved third parties will also use cookies to provide useful site features, remember your preferences, and display relevant content, including relevant advertising. To accept or decline all non-essential cookies, choose “Accept” or “Decline.” To make more detailed choices, choose “Customize.”

Accepting a resource share invitation from AWS RAM

Focus mode
Accepting a resource share invitation from AWS RAM - AWS Lake Formation

If a Data Catalog resource is shared with your AWS account and your account is not in the same AWS organization as the sharing account, you do not have access to the shared resource until you accept a resource share invitation from AWS Resource Access Manager (AWS RAM). As a data lake administrator, you must first query AWS RAM for pending invitations and then accept the invitation.

You can use the AWS RAM console, API, or AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) to view and accept invitations.

To view and accept a resource share invitation from AWS RAM (console)
  1. Ensure that you have the required AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) permissions to view and accept resource share invitations.

    For information about the suggested IAM policies for data lake administrators, see Data lake administrator permissions.

  2. Follow the instructions in Accepting and Rejecting Invitations in the AWS RAM User Guide.

To view and accept a resource share invitation from AWS RAM (AWS CLI)
  1. Ensure that you have the required AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) permissions to view and accept resource share invitations.

    For information about the suggested IAM policies for data lake administrators, see Data lake administrator permissions.

  2. Enter the following command to view pending resource share invitations.

    aws ram get-resource-share-invitations

    The output should be similar to the following.

    {
        "resourceShareInvitations": [
            {
                "resourceShareInvitationArn": "arn:aws:ram:us-east-1:111122223333:resource-share-invitation/a93aa60a-1bd9-46e8-96db-a4e72eec1d9f",
                "resourceShareName": "111122223333-123456789012-uswuU",
                "resourceShareArn": "arn:aws:ram:us-east-1:111122223333:resource-share/2a4ab5fb-d859-4751-84f7-8760b35fc1fe",
                "senderAccountId": "111122223333",
                "receiverAccountId": "123456789012",
                "invitationTimestamp": 1589576601.79,
                "status": "PENDING"
            }
        ]
    }
    

    Note the status of PENDING.

  3. Copy the value of the resourceShareInvitationArn key to the clipboard.

  4. Paste the value into the following command, replacing <invitation-arn>, and enter the command.

    aws ram accept-resource-share-invitation --resource-share-invitation-arn <invitation-arn>

    The output should be similar to the following.

    {
        "resourceShareInvitations": [
            {
                "resourceShareInvitationArn": "arn:aws:ram:us-east-1:111122223333:resource-share-invitation/a93aa60a-1bd9-46e8-96db-a4e72eec1d9f",
                "resourceShareName": "111122223333-123456789012-uswuU",
                "resourceShareArn": "arn:aws:ram:us-east-1:111122223333:resource-share/2a4ab5fb-d859-4751-84f7-8760b35fc1fe",
                "senderAccountId": "111122223333",
                "receiverAccountId": "123456789012",
                "invitationTimestamp": 1589576601.79,
                "status": "ACCEPTED"
            }
        ]
    }
    

    Note the status of ACCEPTED.

PrivacySite termsCookie preferences
© 2025, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.