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title: Getting Started with Datadog
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# aws_gamelift_alias{% #aws_gamelift_alias %}

## `account_id`{% #account_id %}

**Type**: `STRING` 

## `alias_arn`{% #alias_arn %}

**Type**: `STRING` **Provider name**: `AliasArn` **Description**: The Amazon Resource Name ([ARN](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/s3-arn-format.html)) that is assigned to a Amazon GameLift Servers alias resource and uniquely identifies it. ARNs are unique across all Regions. Format is `arn:aws:gamelift:<region>::alias/alias-a1234567-b8c9-0d1e-2fa3-b45c6d7e8912`. In a GameLift alias ARN, the resource ID matches the alias ID value. 

## `alias_id`{% #alias_id %}

**Type**: `STRING` **Provider name**: `AliasId` **Description**: A unique identifier for the alias. Alias IDs are unique within a Region. 

## `creation_time`{% #creation_time %}

**Type**: `TIMESTAMP` **Provider name**: `CreationTime` **Description**: A time stamp indicating when this data object was created. Format is a number expressed in Unix time as milliseconds (for example `"1469498468.057"`). 

## `description`{% #description %}

**Type**: `STRING` **Provider name**: `Description` **Description**: A human-readable description of an alias. 

## `last_updated_time`{% #last_updated_time %}

**Type**: `TIMESTAMP` **Provider name**: `LastUpdatedTime` **Description**: The time that this data object was last modified. Format is a number expressed in Unix time as milliseconds (for example `"1469498468.057"`). 

## `name`{% #name %}

**Type**: `STRING` **Provider name**: `Name` **Description**: A descriptive label that is associated with an alias. Alias names do not need to be unique. 

## `routing_strategy`{% #routing_strategy %}

**Type**: `STRUCT` **Provider name**: `RoutingStrategy` **Description**: The routing configuration, including routing type and fleet target, for the alias. 

- `fleet_id`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `FleetId`**Description**: A unique identifier for the fleet that the alias points to. This value is the fleet ID, not the fleet ARN.
- `message`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `Message`**Description**: The message text to be used with a terminal routing strategy.
- `type`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `Type`**Description**: The type of routing strategy for the alias. Possible routing types include the following:
  - SIMPLE - The alias resolves to one specific fleet. Use this type when routing to active fleets.
  - TERMINAL - The alias does not resolve to a fleet but instead can be used to display a message to the user. A terminal alias throws a TerminalRoutingStrategyException with the message embedded.

## `tags`{% #tags %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`