Stopping the customer managed configuration recorder - Amazon Config
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Stopping the customer managed configuration recorder

Note

Service-linked configuration recorders are always recording

You cannot stop a service-linked configuration recorder because service-linked configuration recorders are always recording. To stop recording, you must delete the service-linked configuration recorder. For more information, see Deleting the Configuration Recorder.

You can use the Amazon Config console or the Amazon CLI stop the customer managed configuration recorder.

To stop the customer managed configuration recorder (Console)

  1. Sign in to the Amazon Web Services Management Console and open the Amazon Config console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/config/.

  2. Choose Settings in the navigation pane.

  3. On the Customer managed recorder tab, choose Stop recording. When prompted, choose Confirm.

To stop the customer managed configuration recorder (CLI)

Use the stop-configuration-recorder command:

$ aws configservice stop-configuration-recorder --configuration-recorder-name configRecorderName