# CreateAssessmentTarget **Important** End of support notice: On May 20, 2026, AWS will end support for (Amazon Inspector Classic). After May 20, 2026, you will no longer be able to access the Amazon Inspector Classic console or Amazon Inspector Classic resources. For more information, see [Amazon Inspector Classic end of support](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/inspector/v1/userguide/inspector-migration.html). Creates a new assessment target using the ARN of the resource group that is generated by [CreateResourceGroup](API_CreateResourceGroup.md). If resourceGroupArn is not specified, all EC2 instances in the current AWS account and region are included in the assessment target. If the [service-linked role](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/inspector/latest/userguide/inspector_slr.html) isn’t already registered, this action also creates and registers a service-linked role to grant Amazon Inspector Classic access to AWS Services needed to perform security assessments. You can create up to 50 assessment targets per AWS account. You can run up to 500 concurrent agents per AWS account. For more information, see [ Amazon Inspector Classic Assessment Targets](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/inspector/latest/userguide/inspector_applications.html). ## Request Syntax ``` { "assessmentTargetName": "string", "resourceGroupArn": "string" } ``` ## Request Parameters For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md). The request accepts the following data in JSON format. ** [assessmentTargetName](#API_CreateAssessmentTarget_RequestSyntax) ** The user-defined name that identifies the assessment target that you want to create. The name must be unique within the AWS account. Type: String Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 140. Required: Yes ** [resourceGroupArn](#API_CreateAssessmentTarget_RequestSyntax) ** The ARN that specifies the resource group that is used to create the assessment target. If resourceGroupArn is not specified, all EC2 instances in the current AWS account and region are included in the assessment target. Type: String Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 300. Required: No ## Response Syntax ``` { "assessmentTargetArn": "string" } ``` ## 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. ** [assessmentTargetArn](#API_CreateAssessmentTarget_ResponseSyntax) ** The ARN that specifies the assessment target that is created. Type: String Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 300. ## Errors For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md). ** InternalException ** Internal server error. ** canRetry ** You can immediately retry your request. ** message ** Details of the exception error. HTTP Status Code: 500 ** InvalidCrossAccountRoleException ** Amazon Inspector Classic cannot assume the cross-account role that it needs to list your EC2 instances during the assessment run. ** canRetry ** You can immediately retry your request. ** errorCode ** Code that indicates the type of error that is generated. ** message ** Details of the exception error. HTTP Status Code: 400 ** InvalidInputException ** The request was rejected because an invalid or out-of-range value was supplied for an input parameter. ** canRetry ** You can immediately retry your request. ** errorCode ** Code that indicates the type of error that is generated. ** message ** Details of the exception error. HTTP Status Code: 400 ** LimitExceededException ** The request was rejected because it attempted to create resources beyond the current AWS account limits. The error code describes the limit exceeded. ** canRetry ** You can immediately retry your request. ** errorCode ** Code that indicates the type of error that is generated. ** message ** Details of the exception error. HTTP Status Code: 400 ** NoSuchEntityException ** The request was rejected because it referenced an entity that does not exist. The error code describes the entity. ** canRetry ** You can immediately retry your request. ** errorCode ** Code that indicates the type of error that is generated. ** message ** Details of the exception error. HTTP Status Code: 400 ** ServiceTemporarilyUnavailableException ** The serice is temporary unavailable. ** canRetry ** You can wait and then retry your request. ** message ** Details of the exception error. HTTP Status Code: 400 ## Examples ### Example This example illustrates one usage of CreateAssessmentTarget. #### Sample Request ``` POST / HTTP/1.1 Host: inspector.us-west-2.amazonaws.com Accept-Encoding: identity Content-Length: 129 X-Amz-Target: InspectorService.CreateAssessmentTarget X-Amz-Date: 20160331T174054Z User-Agent: aws-cli/1.10.12 Python/2.7.9 Windows/7 botocore/1.4.3 Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1 Authorization: AUTHPARAMS { "assessmentTargetName": "ExampleAssessmentTarget", "resourceGroupArn": "arn:aws:inspector:us-west-2:123456789012:resourcegroup/0-AB6DMKnv" } ``` #### Sample Response ``` HTTP/1.1 200 OK x-amzn-RequestId: b87f981e-f767-11e5-82d7-bb83264505be Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1 Content-Length: 84 Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 17:40:55 GMT { "assessmentTargetArn": "arn:aws:inspector:us-west-2:123456789012:target/0-nvgVhaxX" } ``` ## See Also For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: + [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/inspector-2016-02-16/CreateAssessmentTarget) + [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/inspector-2016-02-16/CreateAssessmentTarget) + [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/inspector-2016-02-16/CreateAssessmentTarget) + [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/inspector-2016-02-16/CreateAssessmentTarget) + [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/inspector-2016-02-16/CreateAssessmentTarget) + [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/inspector-2016-02-16/CreateAssessmentTarget) + [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/inspector-2016-02-16/CreateAssessmentTarget) + [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/inspector-2016-02-16/CreateAssessmentTarget) + [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/inspector-2016-02-16/CreateAssessmentTarget) + [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/inspector-2016-02-16/CreateAssessmentTarget)