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Use GetComplianceSummaryByConfigRule with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use GetComplianceSummaryByConfigRule.

CLI
AWS CLI

To get the compliance summary for your AWS Config rules

The following command returns the number of rules that are compliant and the number that are noncompliant:

aws configservice get-compliance-summary-by-config-rule

In the output, the value for each CappedCount attribute indicates how many rules are compliant or noncompliant.

Output:

{
    "ComplianceSummary": {
        "NonCompliantResourceCount": {
            "CappedCount": 3,
            "CapExceeded": false
        },
        "ComplianceSummaryTimestamp": 1452204131.493,
        "CompliantResourceCount": {
            "CappedCount": 2,
            "CapExceeded": false
        }
    }
}
PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This sample returns the number of Config rules that are non-compliant.

Get-CFGComplianceSummaryByConfigRule -Select ComplianceSummary.NonCompliantResourceCount

Output:

CapExceeded CappedCount
----------- -----------
False       9