# Viewing your configuration recorders
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You can use the AWS Config console or the AWS CLI view details about your configuration recorders.

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#### [ To view your configuration recorders (Console) ]

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Config console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/config/home](https://console.aws.amazon.com/config/home).

1. Choose **Settings** in the navigation pane.

1. For the customer managed configuration recorder, you can view details on the **Customer managed recorder** tab.

1. For service-linked configuration recorders, choose a service-linked configuration recorders on the **Service-linked recorders** tab, and then choose **View**.

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#### [ To view your configuration recorders (CLI) ]

Use the [http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/configservice/describe-configuration-recorders.html](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/configservice/describe-configuration-recorders.html) command to view details about your configuration recorders:

```
$ aws configservice describe-configuration-recorders
{
    "ConfigurationRecorders": [
        {
            "roleARN": "arn:aws:iam::012345678912:role/myConfigRole",
            "name": "default"
        }
    ]
}
```

Use the [http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/configservice/describe-configuration-recorder-status.html](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/configservice/describe-configuration-recorder-status.html) command to view the current status of your configuration recorders:

```
$ aws configservice describe-configuration-recorder-status
{
    "ConfigurationRecordersStatus": [
        {
            "name": "default",
            "lastStatus": "SUCCESS",
            "lastStopTime": 1414511624.914,
            "lastStartTime": 1414708460.276,
            "recording": true,
            "lastStatusChangeTime": 1414816537.148,
            "lastErrorMessage": "NA",
            "lastErrorCode": "400"
        }
    ]
}
```

For both of these commands, you can use the `arn` and `configuration-recorder-names` fields to specify a list of configuration recorders. For service-linked configuration recorders, you can use the `service-principal` field to specify a configuration recorder.

If a configuration recorder is not specified, this command returns the details of all configuration recorders associated with the account.

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