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DescribeRegionSettings

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DescribeRegionSettings - AWS Backup

Returns the current service opt-in settings for the Region. If service opt-in is enabled for a service, AWS Backup tries to protect that service's resources in this Region, when the resource is included in an on-demand backup or scheduled backup plan. Otherwise, AWS Backup does not try to protect that service's resources in this Region.

Request Syntax

GET /account-settings HTTP/1.1

URI Request Parameters

The request does not use any URI parameters.

Request Body

The request does not have a request body.

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 200 Content-type: application/json { "ResourceTypeManagementPreference": { "string" : boolean }, "ResourceTypeOptInPreference": { "string" : boolean } }

Response Elements

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

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

ResourceTypeManagementPreference

Returns whether AWS Backup fully manages the backups for a resource type.

For the benefits of full AWS Backup management, see Full AWS Backup management.

For a list of resource types and whether each supports full AWS Backup management, see the Feature availability by resource table.

If "DynamoDB":false, you can enable full AWS Backup management for DynamoDB backup by enabling AWS Backup's advanced DynamoDB backup features.

Type: String to boolean map

Key Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9\-\_\.]{1,50}$

ResourceTypeOptInPreference

The services along with the opt-in preferences in the Region.

Type: String to boolean map

Key Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9\-\_\.]{1,50}$

Errors

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

ServiceUnavailableException

The request failed due to a temporary failure of the server.

HTTP Status Code: 500

See Also

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

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