AWS::Config::ConfigurationRecorder - AWS CloudFormation
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AWS::Config::ConfigurationRecorder

The AWS::Config::ConfigurationRecorder resource type describes the AWS resource types that AWS Config records for configuration changes.

The configuration recorder stores the configuration changes of the specified resources in your account as configuration items.

Note

To enable AWS Config, you must create a configuration recorder and a delivery channel.

AWS Config uses the delivery channel to deliver the configuration changes to your Amazon S3 bucket or Amazon SNS topic. For more information, see AWS::Config::DeliveryChannel.

AWS CloudFormation starts the recorder as soon as the delivery channel is available.

To stop the recorder and delete it, delete the configuration recorder from your stack. To stop the recorder without deleting it, call the StopConfigurationRecorder action of the AWS Config API directly.

For more information, see Configuration Recorder in the AWS Config Developer Guide.

Syntax

To declare this entity in your AWS CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

JSON

{
  "Type" : "AWS::Config::ConfigurationRecorder",
  "Properties" : {
      "Name" : String,
      "RecordingGroup" : RecordingGroup,
      "RecordingMode" : RecordingMode,
      "RoleARN" : String
    }
}

YAML

Type: AWS::Config::ConfigurationRecorder
Properties:
  Name: String
  RecordingGroup: 
    RecordingGroup
  RecordingMode: 
    RecordingMode
  RoleARN: String

Properties

Name

The name of the configuration recorder. AWS Config automatically assigns the name of "default" when creating the configuration recorder.

You cannot change the name of the configuration recorder after it has been created. To change the configuration recorder name, you must delete it and create a new configuration recorder with a new name.

Required: No

Type: String

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 256

Update requires: Replacement

RecordingGroup

Specifies which resource types AWS Config records for configuration changes.

Note

High Number of AWS Config Evaluations

You may notice increased activity in your account during your initial month recording with AWS Config when compared to subsequent months. During the initial bootstrapping process, AWS Config runs evaluations on all the resources in your account that you have selected for AWS Config to record.

If you are running ephemeral workloads, you may see increased activity from AWS Config as it records configuration changes associated with creating and deleting these temporary resources. An ephemeral workload is a temporary use of computing resources that are loaded and run when needed. Examples include Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Spot Instances, Amazon EMR jobs, and AWS Auto Scaling. If you want to avoid the increased activity from running ephemeral workloads, you can run these types of workloads in a separate account with AWS Config turned off to avoid increased configuration recording and rule evaluations.

Required: No

Type: RecordingGroup

Update requires: No interruption

RecordingMode

Specifies the default recording frequency for the configuration recorder. AWS Config supports Continuous recording and Daily recording.

  • Continuous recording allows you to record configuration changes continuously whenever a change occurs.

  • Daily recording allows you to receive a configuration item (CI) representing the most recent state of your resources over the last 24-hour period, only if it’s different from the previous CI recorded.

Note

Some resource types require continuous recording

AWS Firewall Manager depends on continuous recording to monitor your resources. If you are using Firewall Manager, it is recommended that you set the recording frequency to Continuous.

You can also override the recording frequency for specific resource types.

Required: No

Type: RecordingMode

Update requires: No interruption

RoleARN

Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the IAM role assumed by AWS Config and used by the configuration recorder. For more information, see Permissions for the IAM Role Assigned to AWS Config in the AWS Config Developer Guide.

Note

Pre-existing AWS Config role

If you have used an AWS service that uses AWS Config, such as AWS Security Hub or AWS Control Tower, and an AWS Config role has already been created, make sure that the IAM role that you use when setting up AWS Config keeps the same minimum permissions as the already created AWS Config role. You must do this so that the other AWS service continues to run as expected.

For example, if AWS Control Tower has an IAM role that allows AWS Config to read Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) objects, make sure that the same permissions are granted within the IAM role you use when setting up AWS Config. Otherwise, it may interfere with how AWS Control Tower operates. For more information about IAM roles for AWS Config, see Identity and Access Management for AWS Config in the AWS Config Developer Guide.

Required: Yes

Type: String

Update requires: No interruption

Return values

Ref

When you pass the logical ID of this resource to the intrinsic Ref function, Ref returns the configuration recorder name, such as default.

For more information about using the Ref function, see Ref.

Fn::GetAtt

Examples

Configuration Recorder

The following example creates a configuration recorder for EC2 volumes.

JSON

"ConfigRecorder": {
  "Type": "AWS::Config::ConfigurationRecorder",
  "Properties": {
    "Name": "default",
    "RecordingGroup": {
      "ResourceTypes": ["AWS::EC2::Volume"]
    },
    "RoleARN": {"Fn::GetAtt": ["ConfigRole", "Arn"]}
  }
}

YAML

ConfigRecorder: 
  Type: AWS::Config::ConfigurationRecorder
  Properties: 
    Name: default
    RecordingGroup: 
      ResourceTypes: 
        - "AWS::EC2::Volume"
    RoleARN: 
      Fn::GetAtt: 
        - ConfigRole
        - Arn