Identify which AWS Regions have Resource Explorer turned on - AWS Resource Explorer
Checking the Resource Explorer status in a Region

Identify which AWS Regions have Resource Explorer turned on

You can identify which AWS Regions have AWS Resource Explorer turned on by verifying if the Region contain an index for Resource Explorer. To view which Regions have an index, use the procedures on this page.

Important

Users can search for resources in only those Regions that have Resource Explorer turned on. You can also create an aggregator index in one Region to support searching for resources in all of your Regions. Resource Explorer replicates resource information to the Region with the aggregator index from all other Regions that contain a Resource Explorer index. Users can't use Resource Explorer to discover resources in Regions that don't have an index.

Checking the Resource Explorer status in a Region

You can check which Regions have indexes for Resource Explorer by using the AWS Management Console, by using commands in the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI), or by using API operations in an AWS SDK.

AWS Management Console
To check which Regions have indexes for Resource Explorer

  1. Open the Settings page in the Resource Explorer console.

  2. The list in the Indexes section includes only those Regions that contain a Resource Explorer index. The value in the Type column indicates whether the index is a Local index for its Region, or the Aggregator index for the AWS account.

  3. To see which Regions don't contain a Resource Explorer, choose Create indexes. If a Region is not present, then the Region does not contain Resource Explorer.

AWS CLI
To check which Regions have indexes for Resource Explorer

Run the following command to see which AWS Regions have indexes for Resource Explorer.

$ aws resource-explorer-2 list-indexes
{
    "Indexes": [
        { 
            "Arn": "arn:aws:resource-explorer-2:us-east-1:123456789012:index/1a2b3c4d-5d6e-7f8a-9b0c-abcd11111111",
            "Region": "us-east-1",
            "Type": "AGGREGATOR"
        },
        {
            "Arn": "arn:aws:resource-explorer-2:us-west-2:123456789012:index/1a2b3c4d-5d6e-7f8a-9b0c-abcd22222222",
            "Region":"us-west-2",
            "Type":"LOCAL"
        }
    ]
}