StartConfigurationRecorder - AWS Config

StartConfigurationRecorder

Starts the customer managed configuration recorder. The customer managed configuration recorder will begin recording configuration changes for the resource types you specify.

You must have created a delivery channel to successfully start the customer managed configuration recorder. You can use the PutDeliveryChannel operation to create a delivery channel.

Request Syntax

{ "ConfigurationRecorderName": "string" }

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

ConfigurationRecorderName

The name of the customer managed configuration recorder that you want to start.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.

Required: Yes

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response with an empty HTTP body.

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

InvalidConfigurationRecorderNameException

The configuration recorder name is not valid. The prefix "AWSConfigurationRecorderFor" is reserved for service-linked configuration recorders.

HTTP Status Code: 400

NoAvailableDeliveryChannelException

There is no delivery channel available to record configurations.

HTTP Status Code: 400

NoSuchConfigurationRecorderException

You have specified a configuration recorder that does not exist.

HTTP Status Code: 400

UnmodifiableEntityException

The requested operation is not valid.

For PutConfigurationRecorder, you will see this exception because you cannot use this operation to create a service-linked configuration recorder. Use the PutServiceLinkedConfigurationRecorder operation to create a service-linked configuration recorder.

For DeleteConfigurationRecorder, you will see this exception because you cannot use this operation to delete a service-linked configuration recorder. Use the DeleteServiceLinkedConfigurationRecorder operation to delete a service-linked configuration recorder.

For StartConfigurationRecorder and StopConfigurationRecorder, you will see this exception because these operations do not affect service-linked configuration recorders. Service-linked configuration recorders are always recording. To stop recording, you must delete the service-linked configuration recorder. Use the DeleteServiceLinkedConfigurationRecorder operation to delete a service-linked configuration recorder.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ValidationException

The requested operation is not valid. You will see this exception if there are missing required fields or if the input value fails the validation.

For PutStoredQuery, one of the following errors:

  • There are missing required fields.

  • The input value fails the validation.

  • You are trying to create more than 300 queries.

For DescribeConfigurationRecorders and DescribeConfigurationRecorderStatus, one of the following errors:

  • You have specified more than one configuration recorder.

  • You have provided a service principal for service-linked configuration recorder that is not valid.

For AssociateResourceTypes and DisassociateResourceTypes, one of the following errors:

  • Your configuraiton recorder has a recording strategy that does not allow the association or disassociation of resource types.

  • One or more of the specified resource types are already associated or disassociated with the configuration recorder.

  • For service-linked configuration recorders, the configuration recorder does not record one or more of the specified resource types.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: