Setting up a master account
All accounts that use AWS Organizations for billing and control purposes must have a master account. This account controls membership to the organization, and pays the bills of all the members (someone's got to do it).
How to do it...
To set up a master account, perform the following steps:
- Go to the
My Organizationsection of the account you want to become the master. You must be logged in with your root credentials (that is, those you created the account with):
- In the
AWS Organizationssection of the AWS console, click onCreate organization, as shown in the following screenshot:
- Unless you have a specific requirement, choose
ENABLE ALL FEATURESto get the full benefit of organizations, as shown in the following screenshot:
- Now that your account has been converted, you can return to the
AWS Organizationspage to see a list of all your accounts:
How it works...
While this is a very simple recipe, it's the first thing you must do before you can use any of the useful...
