Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Elements Errors See Also

DeleteConfigRule

Deletes the specified AWS Config rule and all of its evaluation results.

AWS Config sets the state of a rule to DELETING until the deletion is complete. You cannot update a rule while it is in this state. If you make a PutConfigRule or DeleteConfigRule request for the rule, you will receive a ResourceInUseException.

You can check the state of a rule by using the DescribeConfigRules request.

Note

Recommendation: Consider excluding the AWS::Config::ResourceCompliance resource type from recording before deleting rules

Deleting rules creates configuration items (CIs) for AWS::Config::ResourceCompliance that can affect your costs for the configuration recorder. If you are deleting rules which evaluate a large number of resource types, this can lead to a spike in the number of CIs recorded.

To avoid the associated costs, you can opt to disable recording for the AWS::Config::ResourceCompliance resource type before deleting rules, and re-enable recording after the rules have been deleted.

However, since deleting rules is an asynchronous process, it might take an hour or more to complete. During the time when recording is disabled for AWS::Config::ResourceCompliance, rule evaluations will not be recorded in the associated resource’s history.

Request Syntax


{
   "ConfigRuleName": "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.

ConfigRuleName

The name of the AWS Config rule that you want to delete.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: .*\S.*

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.

NoSuchConfigRuleException

The AWS Config rule in the request is not valid. Verify that the rule is an AWS Config Process Check rule, that the rule name is correct, and that valid Amazon Resouce Names (ARNs) are used before trying again.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceInUseException

You see this exception in the following cases:

For DeleteConfigRule, AWS Config is deleting this rule. Try your request again later.
For DeleteConfigRule, the rule is deleting your evaluation results. Try your request again later.
For DeleteConfigRule, a remediation action is associated with the rule and AWS Config cannot delete this rule. Delete the remediation action associated with the rule before deleting the rule and try your request again later.
For PutConfigOrganizationRule, organization AWS Config rule deletion is in progress. Try your request again later.
For DeleteOrganizationConfigRule, organization AWS Config rule creation is in progress. Try your request again later.
For PutConformancePack and PutOrganizationConformancePack, a conformance pack creation, update, and deletion is in progress. Try your request again later.
For DeleteConformancePack, a conformance pack creation, update, and deletion is in progress. Try your request again later.

HTTP Status Code: 400