Managing a Rule

Scenario

You can modify, enable, disable, or delete a rule at any time.

You can perform these operations in the rule list or on the Rules Details page. This section describes how to modify, enable, disable, or delete a rule in the rule list.

• Disabling a Rule
• Enabling a Rule
• Modifying a Rule
• Deleting a Rule

You cannot modify, disable, enable, or delete an individual organization rule that is deployed to your account or an individual rule of a conformance package. Only the organization administrator or delegated administrator of Config who creates the organization rule can modify or delete it. To modify or delete a rule of a conformance package, modify or delete the package. For details, see Organization Rules and Conformance Packages.

Disabling a Rule

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner. Under Management & Governance, click Config.
3. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Resource Compliance.
4. On the Rules tab, locate a target rule and click Disable in the Operation column.
5. In the displayed dialog box, click OK.
   Figure 1 Disabling a rule
   

Enabling a Rule

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner. Under Management & Governance, click Config.
3. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Resource Compliance.
4. On the Rules tab, locate a target rule and click Enable in the Operation column.
5. In the displayed dialog box, click OK.
   Figure 2 Enabling a rule
   

Modifying a Rule

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner. Under Management & Governance, click Config.
3. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Resource Compliance.
4. On the Rules tab, locate a target rule and click More > Modify in the Operation column.
   Figure 3 Modifying a rule
   

5. On the Modify Rule page, modify the rule description and name and click Next.
6. Configure rule parameters and click Next.
7. Confirm rule information and click Submit.

Deleting a Rule

Before deleting a rule, you need to disable the rule.

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner. Under Management & Governance, click Config.
3. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Resource Compliance.
4. On the Rules tab, locate a target rule and click More > Delete in the Operation column.
   Figure 4 Deleting a rule
   

5. Click OK.