Creating a free form configuration profile in AWS AppConfig

Configuration data is a collection of settings that influence the behavior of your application. A configuration profile includes, among other things, a URI that enables AWS AppConfig to locate your configuration data in its stored location and a configure type. With freeform configuration profiles, you can store your data in the AWS AppConfig hosted configuration store or any of the following AWS services and Systems Manager tools:

A configuration profile can also include optional validators to ensure your configuration data is syntactically and semantically correct. AWS AppConfig performs a check using the validators when you start a deployment. If any errors are detected, the deployment stops before making any changes to the targets of the configuration.

For freeform configurations stored in the AWS AppConfig hosted configuration store or SSM documents, you can create the freeform configuration by using the Systems Manager console at the time you create a configuration profile. The process is described later in this topic.

For freeform configurations stored in Parameter Store, Secrets Manager, or Amazon S3, you must create the parameter, secret, or object first and store it in the relevant configuration store. After you store the configuration data, use the procedure in this topic to create the configuration profile.