AWS Config | Pricing Flashcards
Can I flag or exempt resources from being evaluated by Config rules? When you configure Config rules, you can specify whether your rule runs evaluations against specified resource types or resources with a specific tag.
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How will I be charged for this service?
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With AWS Config, you are charged based on the number Configuration Items (CIs) recorded for supported resources in your AWS account. You are charged only once for recording the CI. There no additional fee for retaining the CI or any up-front commitment. You can stop recording CIs at any time and continue to access the CIs previously recorded. Charges per CI are rolled up into your monthly bill. See pricing details.
If you are using AWS Config Rules, you will be charged based on active Config Rules in that month. When a rule is compared with an AWS resource, the result is recorded as an evaluation. An rule is active if it has one or more evaluations in a month.
Configuration snapshots and configuration history files are delivered to you in the Amazon S3 bucket that you choose, and configuration change notifications are delivered via Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS). Standard rates for Amazon S3 and Amazon SNS apply. Customer managed rules are authored using AWS Lambda. Standard rates for AWS Lambda apply.
Does the pricing for Config Rules include the costs for AWS Lambda functions?
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You can choose from a set of managed rules provided by AWS or you can author your own rules, written as AWS Lambda functions. Managed rules are fully managed and maintained by AWS and you do not pay any additional AWS Lambda charges to run them. Simply enable managed rules, provide any required parameters, and pay a single rate for each AWS Config rule. On the other hand, customer managed rules give you full control by executing these rules as AWS Lambda functions in your account. In addition to monthly charges for an active rule, standard AWS Lambda free tier and function execution rates apply to customer managed rules.
What does shared quota for Config Rules mean?
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You receive a quota 20,000 evaluations per active rule per month. For example, if you have 3 Config Rules, you get a quota of 60,000 evaluations for the account. You can choose spread this allowance across the rules in any way.
Do unused evaluations carry over to the next month?
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Unused evaluations expire and are reset every billing cycle.
