From 886dbe7a16eb0fb2592fafa78acf696e190f5e89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Evans Tucker <gmail@evanstucker.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2024 09:17:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Adding an example for accounts that already have an IAM
 account alias

---
 README.md | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 50a4a93..943b5a1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ If the AWS account you are using already has a Terraform state bucket and lockin
 
 ## Usage for bootstrapping
 
+For AWS accounts that don't have an IAM account alias:
+
 ```hcl
 module "bootstrap" {
   source = "trussworks/bootstrap/aws"
@@ -19,6 +21,19 @@ module "bootstrap" {
   account_alias = "<ORG>-<NAME>"
 }
 ```
+If the account already has an alias, use this:
+
+```hcl
+data "aws_iam_account_alias" "current" {}
+
+module "bootstrap" {
+  source = "trussworks/bootstrap/aws"
+
+  region               = "us-west-2"
+  account_alias        = data.aws_iam_account_alias.current.id
+  manage_account_alias = false
+}
+```
 
 <!-- BEGIN_TF_DOCS -->
 ## Requirements