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Manage an IAM Access Analyzer external access analyzer

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Manage an IAM Access Analyzer external access analyzer - AWS Identity and Access Management

To enable an external access analyzer in a Region, you must create an analyzer in that Region. You must create an external access analyzer in each Region in which you want to monitor access to your resources.

Update an external access analyzer

Use the following procedure to update an external access analyzer.

  1. Open the IAM console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/.

  2. Under Access analyzer, choose External access.

  3. Choose an analyzer from the View analyzer dropdown.

  4. Choose Manage analyzer.

  5. On the Archive rules tab, you can create, edit, or delete archive rules for the analyzer. For more information, see Archive rules.

  6. On the Tags tab, you can manage and create tags for the analyzer. For more information, see Tags for AWS Identity and Access Management resources.

Delete an external access analyzer

Use the following procedure to delete an external access analyzer. When you delete an analyzer, the resources are no longer monitored and no new findings are generated. All findings that were generated by the analyzer are deleted.

  1. Open the IAM console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/.

  2. Under Access analyzer, choose External access.

  3. Choose an analyzer from the View analyzer dropdown.

  4. Choose Manage analyzer.

  5. Choose Delete analyzer.

  6. Enter delete and choose Delete to confirm deleting the analyzer.

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