Category: AWS Config

Introduction Many AWS customers either integrate ServiceNow into their existing AWS services or set up both ServiceNow and AWS services for simultaneous use. One challenge in this use case is the need to update your configuration management database (CMDB) when a new spin-up instance appears in AWS. This post demonstrates how to integrate AWS Config […]

Introduction Enterprises today continue to face challenges maintaining an inventory of all of their infrastructure. They need to ensure timely patching of their servers spread across their on-premises and cloud environments using the same set of tools. In this guest blog post, Divya Elaty, VP, Cloud Engineering at Moody’s, and Sarat Guttikonda, Global Solutions Architect […]

On March 19, AWS Config announced a new capability called advanced query. Advanced query makes it easy to query the resource configuration properties of your AWS resources for audit, compliance, or operational troubleshooting. Advanced query is available in all AWS public Regions and in AWS GovCloud (US) at no additional charge for AWS Config customers. […]

We have introduced an updated version of the AWS Config Rule Development Kit (RDK). The RDK helps you rapidly deploy custom AWS Config rules at scale across multiple AWS accounts and Regions. You can also create a centralized dashboard to view the AWS Config rule compliance status across various AWS accounts. This blog post is […]

AWS Config continuously monitors and records your AWS resource configurations and allows you to automate the evaluation of recorded configurations against configurations that you want. Today, many customers choose to use Splunk as their centralized monitoring system. In addition to displaying Amazon CloudWatch logs and metrics in Splunk dashboards, you can use AWS Config data […]

This blog was updated by Chris Chiott, Solutions Architect WWPS, on Nov 4, 2022. Tracking and managing the states of your AWS resources can be a challenge, especially as your account grows and you integrate with more and more AWS services. AWS Config is a service that helps make tracking your resources easy by continuously […]

AWS Systems Manager Inventory collects metadata from Amazon EC2 instances and on-premises instances. AWS Systems Manager Inventory integrates with AWS Config to record inventory data for historical views, change tracking, or auditing. When you use AWS Config recording for systems inventory data you can enable scenarios such as tracking newly installed or removed software applications, […]

The AWS Config rules feature enables you to define in code the desired configuration of your AWS resources. For example, you can check that your Amazon S3 buckets are not publicly accessible or that your instances are associated with a security group. While Config offers a set of prebuilt (managed) rules that represent common best […]

To help customers rapidly prototype, develop, and deploy their custom AWS Config rules at scale, AWS introduces a new version of the AWS Config Rule Development Kit (RDK). The RDK is a command-line utility designed to help you to shorten your security and compliance feedback cycles when using Config. It helps you build a continuous […]

Recently, AWS Config announced support for Auto Scaling groups. You can now track configuration changes in Auto Scaling groups, such as minimum, maximum, and desired capacities, termination policies, scaling policies, subnets, and instance protection settings. You can also use a new managed AWS Config rule to check whether the Auto Scaling groups associated with your […]