DeleteConfigurationRecorder
Deletes the customer managed configuration recorder.
This operation does not delete the configuration information that was previously recorded. You will be able to access the previously recorded information by using the GetResourceConfigHistory operation, but you will not be able to access this information in the AWS Config console until you have created a new customer managed configuration recorder.
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
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The name of the customer managed configuration recorder that you want to delete. You can retrieve the name of your configuration recorders by using the DescribeConfigurationRecorders operation.
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.
- NoSuchConfigurationRecorderException
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You have specified a configuration recorder that does not exist.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- UnmodifiableEntityException
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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
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
