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Stopping the customer managed configuration recorder

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Stopping the customer managed configuration recorder - AWS Config
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Service-linked configuration recorders are always recording

You cannot stop a service-linked configuration recorder because service-linked configuration recorders are always recording. To stop recording, you must delete the service-linked configuration recorder. For more information, see Deleting the Configuration Recorder.

You can use the AWS Config console or the AWS CLI stop the customer managed configuration recorder.

To stop the customer managed configuration recorder (Console)
  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Config console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/config/.

  2. Choose Settings in the navigation pane.

  3. On the Customer managed recorder tab, choose Stop recording. When prompted, choose Confirm.

To stop the customer managed configuration recorder (CLI)

Use the stop-configuration-recorder command:

$ aws configservice stop-configuration-recorder --configuration-recorder-name configRecorderName
  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Config console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/config/.

  2. Choose Settings in the navigation pane.

  3. On the Customer managed recorder tab, choose Stop recording. When prompted, choose Confirm.

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