AWS Resource Explorer

Search for and discover relevant resources across AWS

Get started with AWS Resource Explorer

Available for free

with the AWS Free Tier

Find relevant resources across AWS Regions using tags, simple keywords, and other metadata.

Quickly navigate to your resources and act on them in the appropriate service console.

Save time by finding and acting on resources without building a custom search infrastructure.

Search for resources from any service page using unified search in the AWS Management Console.

How it works

Use AWS Resource Explorer to easily search for and discover your resources, such as Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances, Amazon Kinesis data streams, and Amazon DynamoDB tables, across AWS Regions. From the search results, you can quickly navigate to the resources in the appropriate service console and take action.

Diagram shows how to use AWS Resource Explorer to easily search for and discover your resources across AWS. First choose the AWS Regions that you want to index. Next, configure views and user permissions. Then, search for your resources, and go directly to them from the search results.

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Introduction to AWS Resource Explorer

AWS Resource Explorer is a managed capability that simplifies the search and discovery of your AWS resources across AWS Regions. Start your search from the unified search bar in the AWS Management Console or the AWS Resource Explorer console, or use the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) or the AWS SDKs. Filter the results by using tags, services, and other metadata.