Use DescribeConfigurationRecorders with a CLI - AWS Config
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Use DescribeConfigurationRecorders with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use DescribeConfigurationRecorders.

CLI
AWS CLI

To get details about the configuration recorder

The following command returns details about the default configuration recorder:

aws configservice describe-configuration-recorders

Output:

{
    "ConfigurationRecorders": [
        {
            "recordingGroup": {
                "allSupported": true,
                "resourceTypes": [],
                "includeGlobalResourceTypes": true
            },
            "roleARN": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/config-ConfigRole-A1B2C3D4E5F6",
            "name": "default"
        }
    ]
}
PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell V4

Example 1: This example returns the details of configuration recorders.

Get-CFGConfigurationRecorder | Format-List

Output:

Name           : default
RecordingGroup : Amazon.ConfigService.Model.RecordingGroup
RoleARN        : arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/aws-service-role/config.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForConfig
Tools for PowerShell V5

Example 1: This example returns the details of configuration recorders.

Get-CFGConfigurationRecorder | Format-List

Output:

Name           : default
RecordingGroup : Amazon.ConfigService.Model.RecordingGroup
RoleARN        : arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/aws-service-role/config.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForConfig

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