Saturday, June 22, 2019

AWS Config


AWS Config is a detailed view of the configurations of AWS resources like ec2, EBS, security groups, VPC, S3 etc.


with AWS Config you can :

  • Evaluate resource configurations for desired settings 
  • Get a snapshot of the current configurations associated with your account
  • Retrieve current or historical configurations of resources in your account.
  • Receive a notification for creations deletions and modifications
  • View relationships between resources e.g. ec2 talking to who or members of security group.



Uses of AWS Config:

  • Identity usage/change in congif over time - current & historical
  • Helps with architecture planning - shows product or service relationship
  • Can generate events on changes
  • Can help keep a implementation in compliant state
  • Assists security team - changes to SG's and NACl's over time.
  • Fault finding & investigation - last know good configuration


Below snippet will give you idea :






for more info check : https://aws.amazon.com/config/faq/

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