If resources are shared with an Alibaba Cloud account that is not the management account or a member of a resource directory, you can use the account to access and use the shared resources only after you use the account to accept the resource sharing invitation.

Limits

  • A principal needs to accept or reject a resource sharing invitation only if the principal is not the management account or a member of a resource directory. If you share resources with an object in a resource directory, the system automatically accepts the resource sharing invitation for the object.
  • A resource sharing invitation is valid for seven days. A principal must accept or reject the invitation within the validity period.

Accept a resource sharing invitation

  1. Log on to the Resource Management console.
  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Resource Sharing > Resources Shared To Me.
  3. On the Resources Shared To Me page, find the created resource share and click Accept in the Actions column.
  4. In the Accept RS message, click Accept.
    After the principal accepts the resource sharing invitation, the principal can access and use the shared resources in the resource share, and invitations for using resources that are added to the resource share in subsequent operations will be automatically accepted.

Reject a resource sharing invitation

  1. Log on to the Resource Management console.
  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Resource Sharing > Resources Shared To Me.
  3. On the Resources Shared To Me page, find the created resource share and click Reject in the Actions column.
  4. In the Reject RS message, click Reject.
    After the principal rejects the resource sharing invitation, the principal cannot access or use the shared resources.