Managing the Configuration Recorder
Amazon Config uses the configuration recorder to detect changes in your resource configurations and capture these changes as configuration items. You must create a configuration recorder before Amazon Config can track your resource configurations. When you start the configuration recorder, Amazon Config takes an inventory of all Amazon resources in your account.
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Considerations
One configuration recorder per Region per account
You can have only one configuration recorder channel for per Amazon Region per Amazon Web Services account, and the configuration recorder is required to use Amazon Config.
The configuration recorder is automatically created when you set up Amazon Config
If you set up Amazon Config by using the console or the Amazon CLI, Amazon Config automatically creates and then starts the configuration recorder for you. For more information, see Getting Started with Amazon Config.
All supported resource types are recorded by default
By default, the configuration recorder records all supported resources in the region where Amazon Config is running. You can create a customized configuration recorder that records only the resource types that you specify. For more information, see Recording Amazon Resources.
You are charged service usage fees for using the configuration recorder
You are charged service usage fees when Amazon Config starts recording configurations. For pricing
information, see Amazon Config Pricing
Use Amazon Systems Manager to create a configuration recorder across an organization
You can use Amazon Systems Manager Quick Setup to create a configuration recorder across multiple organizational units (OUs) and Amazon Web Services Regions using Amazon best practices. For more information, see Create an Amazon Config configuration recorder using Quick Setup in the Systems Manager User Guide.
Important
Evaluation Results for Deleted Resources Can Persist if the Configuration Recorder is Turned Off
If the configuration recorder is turned off, it disables the ability of Amazon Config to track changes to the configuration of your resources, including their deletions. This means you might see evaluation results for resources that have been previously deleted if you turn off the configuration recorder.