Use DescribeConfigurationRecorderStatus with a CLI - AWS Config
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Use DescribeConfigurationRecorderStatus with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use DescribeConfigurationRecorderStatus.

CLI
AWS CLI

To get status information for the configuration recorder

The following command returns the status of the default configuration recorder:

aws configservice describe-configuration-recorder-status

Output:

{
    "ConfigurationRecordersStatus": [
        {
            "name": "default",
            "lastStatus": "SUCCESS",
            "recording": true,
            "lastStatusChangeTime": 1452193834.344,
            "lastStartTime": 1441039997.819,
            "lastStopTime": 1441039992.835
        }
    ]
}
PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell V4

Example 1: This sample returns status of the configuration recorders. 

Get-CFGConfigurationRecorderStatus

Output:

LastErrorCode        :
LastErrorMessage     :
LastStartTime        : 10/11/2019 10:13:51 AM
LastStatus           : Success
LastStatusChangeTime : 12/31/2019 6:14:12 AM
LastStopTime         : 10/11/2019 10:13:46 AM
Name                 : default
Recording            : True
Tools for PowerShell V5

Example 1: This sample returns status of the configuration recorders. 

Get-CFGConfigurationRecorderStatus

Output:

LastErrorCode        :
LastErrorMessage     :
LastStartTime        : 10/11/2019 10:13:51 AM
LastStatus           : Success
LastStatusChangeTime : 12/31/2019 6:14:12 AM
LastStopTime         : 10/11/2019 10:13:46 AM
Name                 : default
Recording            : True

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