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Use DescribeConfigurationRecorders with a CLI

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Use DescribeConfigurationRecorders with a CLI - AWS Config

The following code examples show how to use DescribeConfigurationRecorders.

CLI
AWS CLI

To get details about the configuration recorder

The following command returns details about the default configuration recorder:

aws configservice describe-configuration-recorders

Output:

{ "ConfigurationRecorders": [ { "recordingGroup": { "allSupported": true, "resourceTypes": [], "includeGlobalResourceTypes": true }, "roleARN": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/config-ConfigRole-A1B2C3D4E5F6", "name": "default" } ] }
PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example returns the details of configuration recorders.

Get-CFGConfigurationRecorder | Format-List

Output:

Name : default RecordingGroup : Amazon.ConfigService.Model.RecordingGroup RoleARN : arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/aws-service-role/config.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForConfig
AWS CLI

To get details about the configuration recorder

The following command returns details about the default configuration recorder:

aws configservice describe-configuration-recorders

Output:

{ "ConfigurationRecorders": [ { "recordingGroup": { "allSupported": true, "resourceTypes": [], "includeGlobalResourceTypes": true }, "roleARN": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/config-ConfigRole-A1B2C3D4E5F6", "name": "default" } ] }

For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Using AWS Config with an AWS SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.

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