Audience
IT professionals and developers seeking a solution to record and evaluate configurations of your AWS resources
About AWS Config
AWS Config is a service that enables you to assess, audit, and evaluate the configurations of your AWS resources. Config continuously monitors and records your AWS resource configurations and allows you to automate the evaluation of recorded configurations against desired configurations. With Config, you can review changes in configurations and relationships between AWS resources, dive into detailed resource configuration histories, and determine your overall compliance against the configurations specified in your internal guidelines. This enables you to simplify compliance auditing, security analysis, change management, and operational troubleshooting. AWS Config is designed to be your primary tool to perform configuration audit and compliance verification of both your AWS and third-party resources. You can publish the configuration of third-party resources such as GitHub repositories, Microsoft Active Directory resources, or any on-premises server into AWS.
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Pricing
Starting Price:
$0.001 per rule evaluation
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Amazon
Founded: 1994
United States
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Product Details
Platforms Supported
Cloud
Windows
Mac
Linux
Training
Documentation
Live Online
Webinars
In Person
Videos
Support
Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online
AWS Config Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What kinds of users and organization types does AWS Config work with?
AWS Config works with these users and organization types: Mid Size Business, Small Business, Enterprise, Freelance, Nonprofit, Government, and Startup.
Q: What languages does AWS Config support in their product?
AWS Config supports these languages: English.
Q: What kind of support options does AWS Config offer?
AWS Config offers support via phone support, 24/7 live support, and online.
Q: What other applications or services does AWS Config integrate with?
AWS Config integrates with: Alert Logic, anecdotes, Anstrex, AWS App Mesh, Bitcanopy, CardinalOps, CorralData, DisruptOps, Ikigai, Revelstoke, Stacklet, and Y42.
Q: What type of training does AWS Config provide?
AWS Config provides training in the form of documentation, live online, webinars, in person, and videos.
Q: How much does AWS Config cost?
Pricing for AWS Config starts at $0.001 per rule evaluation.
AWS Config Product Features
Configuration Management
Access Control / Permissions
Supported
Application Deployment
Supported
Automated Provisioning
Supported
Infrastructure Automation
Supported
Node Management
Supported
Orchestration
Supported
Reporting Analytics / Visualization
Supported
Task Management
Supported
