Function Overview

Resource list

Querying all resources

You can view all resource information, including the resource name, region, service, resource type, and enterprise project, from the current account.

Querying details about a resource

You can query resource details, such as the resource name, creation time, and specifications.

Filtering resources

You can set a filter criterion (resource name, resource ID, tag, or enterprise project) to quickly find out specific resources.

Exporting resource information

You can export the information about required resources in an EXCEL file.

Viewing resource compliance data

You can view compliance data of a resource.

Viewing relationships of a resource

You can view relationships of a resource.

Viewing change records of a resource

You can view change records of a resource.

Resource compliance

Adding a rule

You can use rules to evaluate resource compliance. You can select a custom or predefined policy and configure other related parameters when creating a rule.

Evaluating resource compliance

You can click Evaluate in the Operation column to start the evaluation.

Disabling a rule

You click Disable in the Operation column to disable a rule.

Enabling a rule

If you want to use a disabled rule, you can enable it.

Modifying a rule

If a rule does not meet your needs, you can change its configurations as needed.

Deleting a rule

You can delete a rule which is no longer needed.

Noncompliant resources

You can view and export information about all noncompliant resources.

Organization rules

If you are an organization administrator or a delegated administrator of Config, you can add organization rules, and these rules will apply to all member accounts that are in the normal state in your organization.

Remediation

You can remediate noncompliant resources to ensure compliance. You can use both managed and custom remediation actions.

Resource recorder

Enabling the resource recorder

You can track resource changes only after the resource recorder is enabled.

Configuring the resource recorder

You can set the monitoring scope, select an SMN topic, and configure the data storage path (OBS bucket). Then you need to grant permissions to the resource recorder for using SMN to send notifications and storing resource snapshots in the OBS bucket.

Modifying the resource recorder

You can modify resource recorder configurations, such as the monitoring scope, resource dump, data retention period, SMN topic, and permissions.

Disabling the resource recorder

You can disable the resource recorder at any time.

Advanced Queries

Running an advanced query

You can use ResourceQL to query current configurations of your resources.

Creating a query

You can add custom queries, so that you can directly run them later.

Viewing a query

You can view the name, description, and SQL statement of a query.

Modifying a query

If a custom query cannot meet your requirements, you can modify its name, description, and query statement.

Deleting a query

If a custom query is no longer needed, you can delete it.

Resource Aggregation

Creating a resource aggregator

You can use resource aggregators to aggregate resource configurations and compliance data from multiple accounts or an organization.

Viewing resource aggregators

You can view created resource aggregators and their details.

Editing a resource aggregator

You can edit source accounts in a resource aggregator.

Deleting a resource aggregator

If a resource aggregator is no longer used, you can delete it.

Viewing aggregated rules

You can view all aggregated rules and their conformance data.

Viewing aggregated resources

You can view all resources aggregated by the resource aggregator.

Authorizing an aggregator account

An aggregator account needs authorization from source accounts to collect resource configuration and compliance data from these accounts

Applying advanced queries to aggregators

Resource aggregation supports advanced queries. You can use ResourceQL to query configuration states of resources from one or more source accounts.

Conformance package

Creating conformance packages

You can use example or custom templates to create and manage rules.

Viewing conformance packages

You can view the conformance package list and details of each conformance package.

Deleting conformance packages

You can delete conformance packages as needed. Rules included in a conformance package will be deleted automatically if the conformance package is deleted.

Organization conformance packages

If you are an organization administrator or a delegated administrator of Config, you can add organization conformance packages and deploy these packages to all member accounts that are in the normal state in your organization.

CTS

Supported CTS operations

CTS records operations on Config for later query, audit, and backtrack.

Viewing tracing logs

You can view or export Config operation records of the last seven days on CTS console.