ources and their current configurations, allowing you to visualize how resources are related and how they were configured in the past.
Key Features
- Resource Inventory: AWS Config continuously monitors and records your AWS resource configurations.
- Configuration History: Allows you to audit changes over time, helping you with compliance needs.
- Change Notification: Sends notifications via Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) for any configuration changes.
- Compliance Auditing: Evaluates the compliance of your resources based on pre-defined or custom rules.
- Resource Relationships: Shows the relationship between different AWS resources, which can help in understanding the interdependencies.
- Security Analysis: Helps identify poorly configured resources or potential security risks.
- Configuration Snapshots: Allows you to take a snapshot of current resource configurations for backup or audit purposes.
AWS Config and Infrastructure as Code (IaC): AWS Config can be highly useful if you are also using Infrastructure as Code tools like AWS CloudFormation or third-party tools like Terraform. It helps ensure that your IaC configurations are being properly applied and maintained.
Use Cases
- Compliance Monitoring: Ensure that your AWS resources are in compliance with internal policies and regulatory standards.
- Security Auditing: Quickly identify and react to security vulnerabilities.
- Change Management: Easier tracking and management of configuration changes.
- Resource Optimization: Helps in identifying underutilized or unused resources, thereby saving costs.
- Troubleshooting: Historical data can help in debugging and identifying issues.
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