AWS Config Flashcards
In a nutshell. What does AWS config do?
Records and captures all changes against resources in an AWS account.
True or false. AWS config is region specific?
True.
What does CI mean?
Configuration Item.
What is a CI?
It is generated by AWS config every time a resource changes.
In the context of AWS config. What is a configuration stream?
It receives CI’s
In the context of AWS config. What does config history do?
Builds a history or resource changes from CIs.
True or false. A CI contains a json file?
True.
In the context of AWS config. What does a config snapshot do?
Takes a snapshot of the config. Or all supported resources in a region. And delivers them to s3.
In the context of AWS config. What does the config recorder do?
Generates all CI’s
AWS Config Rules. What do they do?
Allow you to specify rules, and when they are broken, notify you.
Can AWS config rules terminate a resource which is breaching a rule?
No. Only notify you.
What does AWS Config resource relationships do?
Identify relationships between tracked resources.
