Read Configuration Items for Third-Party Resources using the Amazon CLI - Amazon Config
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Read Configuration Items for Third-Party Resources using the Amazon CLI

Read a configuration item for a third-party resource or a custom resource type using the following procedure:

  1. Open a command prompt or a terminal window.

  2. Enter the following command:

    aws configservice list-discovered-resources --resource-type MyCustomNamespace::Testing::WordPress

  3. Press Enter.

    You should see output similar to the following:

    {
    "resourceIdentifiers": [
        {
            "resourceType": "MyCustomNamespace::Testing::WordPress",
            "resourceId": "resource-001"
        }
    ]
}

  4. Enter the following command:

    aws configservice batch-get-resource-config --resource-keys '[ { "resourceType": "MyCustomNamespace::Testing::WordPress", "resourceId": "resource-001" } ]'

  5. Press Enter.

    You should see output similar to the following:

    {
    "unprocessedResourceKeys": [],
    "baseConfigurationItems": [
        {
            "configurationItemCaptureTime": 1569605832.673,
            "resourceType": "MyCustomNamespace::Testing::WordPress",
            "resourceId": "resource-001",
            "configurationStateId": "1569605832673",
            "awsRegion": "us-west-2",
            "version": "1.3",
            "supplementaryConfiguration": {},
            "configuration": "{\"Id\":\"resource-001\",\"Name\":\"My example custom resource.\",\"PublicAccess\":false}",
            "configurationItemStatus": "ResourceDiscovered",
            "accountId": "AccountId"
        }
    ]
}