# CrossAccountRole
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Specifies a cross-account IAM role ARN and optional external ID.

## Contents
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 ** crossAccountRoleArn **   <a name="ngresiliencehub-Type-CrossAccountRole-crossAccountRoleArn"></a>
ARN of the IAM Role for the profile. Null if the permission profile is the 'Admin' profile.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 32.  
Pattern: `arn:(aws|aws-cn|aws-iso|aws-iso-[a-z]{1}|aws-us-gov):iam::[0-9]{12}:role/(([^/][!-~]+/){1,511})?[A-Za-z0-9_+=,.@-]{1,64}`   
Required: Yes

 ** externalId **   <a name="ngresiliencehub-Type-CrossAccountRole-externalId"></a>
The external ID used for assuming the cross-account role.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 2. Maximum length of 1224.  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\+\+](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/resiliencehubv2-2026-02-17/CrossAccountRole) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/resiliencehubv2-2026-02-17/CrossAccountRole) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/resiliencehubv2-2026-02-17/CrossAccountRole)