AWS Config is a service that delivers an all-encompassing perspective on your AWS resource inventory, configuration history, and change alerts, facilitating security and governance. With this service, you can evaluate, audit, and examine the configurations of your AWS resources. AWS Config enables continuous monitoring of resource configuration modifications, providing notifications when alterations occur, which helps ensure adherence to internal protocols and regulatory requirements. The service also offers a detailed history of changes made to your resources, allowing you to identify the origin of a modification and comprehend its impact on your environment. AWS Config supports a variety of resource types, such as EC2 instances, RDS databases, Lambda functions, and more. Additionally, it integrates with other AWS offerings like Amazon S3, Amazon CloudWatch, and Amazon SNS, delivering a centralized overview of your AWS landscape.
The expenses associated with using Config are contingent on the quantity and kind of AWS resources being monitored, the number of configuration items documented, and the volume of data stored. Configuration recording charges depend on the number of configuration items logged and the number of configuration alterations documented. Data storage charges arise from the amount of data held within the AWS Config service.
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To enable AWS Config, follow these steps:
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