Basic Concepts

Resource

A resource is an entity that you can use on the cloud platform. A resource can be an Elastic Cloud Server (ECS), an Elastic Volume Service (EVS) disk, or a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC).

For details about supported resources and regions, see Services and Regions Supported by Config.

Resource Relationship

Resource relationships indicate how your cloud resources are associated. For example, a resource relationship can be described as an EVS disk attached to a cloud server or a cloud server deployed in a VPC.

For details, see Relationships with Supported Resources.

Resource Change Records

Resource change records contain resource changes in a specific period of time.

A record will be generated if there is a change to resource relationships or attributes.

Resource attributes are key and value pairs that describe the characteristics of your resources. For example, a resource attribute can be the number of CPU cores of an ECS, the capacity of an EVS disk, or the password strength of an IAM user. For more details, see How Can I Obtain Resource Attributes Reported to Config?.

Resource Recorder

The resource recorder tracks changes to your cloud resources that are supported by Config. What changes are tracked depends on what a service reports to Config.

If you have enabled the resource recorder and specified an OBS bucket and an SMN topic when you configure the resource recorder, Config will notify you if there is a change (creation, modification, deletion, relationship change) to the resources within the monitoring scope and periodically store your notifications and resource snapshots.

Resource Compliance

You can create rules to evaluate the compliance of your resources. You can view and export information of your noncompliant resources.

Advanced Query

The advanced query allows you to quickly query specific resources, helping you obtain resource details, analyze resources from multiple perspectives, and quickly export data reports.

Resource Aggregator

A resource aggregator enables you to aggregate resource configurations and compliance data from multiple accounts or an organization, so that you can centrally view or search for resource data.