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Example Rules Evaluation Started Notification

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Example Rules Evaluation Started Notification - AWS Config

AWS Config sends a notification when it starts to evaluate your custom or managed rule against your resources. The following is an example notification when AWS Config starts to evaluate the iam-password-policy managed rule.

{ "Type": "Notification", "MessageId": "358c8e65-e27a-594e-82d0-de1fe77393d7", "TopicArn": "arn:aws:sns:us-east-2:123456789012:config-topic-ohio", "Subject": "[AWS Config:us-east-2] Config Rules Evaluation Started for Account 123456789012", "Message": { "awsAccountId": "123456789012", "awsRegion": "us-east-2", "configRuleNames": ["iam-password-policy"], "notificationCreationTime": "2016-10-13T21:55:21.339Z", "messageType": "ConfigRulesEvaluationStarted", "recordVersion": "1.0" }, "Timestamp": "2016-10-13T21:55:21.575Z", "SignatureVersion": "1", "Signature": "DE431D+24zzFRboyPY2bPTsznJWe8L6TjDC+ItYlLFkE9jACSBl3sQ1uSjYzEhEbN7Cs+wBoHnJ/DxOSpyCxt4giqgKd+H2I636BvrQwHDhJwJm7qI6P8IozEliRvRWbM38zDTvHqkmmXQbdDHRsK/MssMeVTBKuW0x8ivMrj+KpwuF57tE62eXeFhjBeJ0DKQV+aC+i3onsuT7HQvXQDBPdOM+cSuLrJaMQJ6TcMU5G76qg/gl494ilb4Vj4udboGWpHSgUvI3guFsc1SsTrlWXQKXabWtsCQPfdOhkKgmViCfMZrLRp8Pjnu+uspYQELkEfwBchDVVzd15iMrAzQ==", "SigningCertURL": "https://sns.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/SimpleNotificationService-b95095beb82e8f6a046b3aafc7f4149a.pem", "UnsubscribeURL": "https://sns.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/?Action=Unsubscribe&SubscriptionArn=arn:aws:sns:us-east-2:123456789012:config-topic-ohio:956fe658-0ce3-4fb3-b409-a45f22a3c3d4" }
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