Amazon Inspector Scanning API

Operations for enabling and managing vulnerability scanning

Operations 2

POST /enable Enable Amazon Inspector scanning #
POST /disable Disable Amazon Inspector scanning #

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OpenAPI Specification

amazon-inspector-scanning-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 1.0.0
  x-release: v4
  title: Inspector2 Accountpermissions Scanning API
  description: Amazon Inspector is a vulnerability discovery service that automates continuous scanning for security vulnerabilities within your Amazon EC2 and Amazon ECR environments.
  x-logo:
    url: https://twitter.com/awscloud/profile_image?size=original
    backgroundColor: '#FFFFFF'
  termsOfService: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
  contact:
    name: Mike Ralphson
    email: mike.ralphson@gmail.com
    url: https://github.com/mermade/aws2openapi
    x-twitter: PermittedSoc
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0 License
    url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/
  x-providerName: amazonaws.com
  x-serviceName: inspector2
  x-aws-signingName: inspector2
  x-origin:
  - contentType: application/json
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aws/aws-sdk-js/master/apis/inspector2-2020-06-08.normal.json
    converter:
      url: https://github.com/mermade/aws2openapi
    x-apisguru-driver: external
  x-apiClientRegistration:
    url: https://portal.aws.amazon.com/gp/aws/developer/registration/index.html?nc2=h_ct
  x-apisguru-categories:
  - cloud
  x-preferred: true
servers:
- url: http://inspector2.{region}.amazonaws.com
  variables:
    region:
      description: The AWS region
      enum:
      - us-east-1
      - us-east-2
      - us-west-1
      - us-west-2
      - us-gov-west-1
      - us-gov-east-1
      - ca-central-1
      - eu-north-1
      - eu-west-1
      - eu-west-2
      - eu-west-3
      - eu-central-1
      - eu-south-1
      - af-south-1
      - ap-northeast-1
      - ap-northeast-2
      - ap-northeast-3
      - ap-southeast-1
      - ap-southeast-2
      - ap-east-1
      - ap-south-1
      - sa-east-1
      - me-south-1
      default: us-east-1
  description: The Inspector2 multi-region endpoint
- url: https://inspector2.{region}.amazonaws.com
  variables:
    region:
      description: The AWS region
      enum:
      - us-east-1
      - us-east-2
      - us-west-1
      - us-west-2
      - us-gov-west-1
      - us-gov-east-1
      - ca-central-1
      - eu-north-1
      - eu-west-1
      - eu-west-2
      - eu-west-3
      - eu-central-1
      - eu-south-1
      - af-south-1
      - ap-northeast-1
      - ap-northeast-2
      - ap-northeast-3
      - ap-southeast-1
      - ap-southeast-2
      - ap-east-1
      - ap-south-1
      - sa-east-1
      - me-south-1
      default: us-east-1
  description: The Inspector2 multi-region endpoint
- url: http://inspector2.{region}.amazonaws.com.cn
  variables:
    region:
      description: The AWS region
      enum:
      - cn-north-1
      - cn-northwest-1
      default: cn-north-1
  description: The Inspector2 endpoint for China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia)
- url: https://inspector2.{region}.amazonaws.com.cn
  variables:
    region:
      description: The AWS region
      enum:
      - cn-north-1
      - cn-northwest-1
      default: cn-north-1
  description: The Inspector2 endpoint for China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia)
security:
- hmac: []
tags:
- name: Scanning
  description: Operations for enabling and managing vulnerability scanning
paths:
  /enable:
    post:
      operationId: Enable
      summary: Enable Amazon Inspector scanning
      description: Enables Amazon Inspector scanning for one or more resource types in one or more accounts.
      tags:
      - Scanning
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - resourceTypes
              properties:
                accountIds:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                resourceTypes:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                    - EC2
                    - ECR
                    - LAMBDA
                    - LAMBDA_CODE
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Scanning enabled successfully
        '400':
          description: Bad request
        '403':
          description: Access denied
  /disable:
    post:
      operationId: Disable
      summary: Disable Amazon Inspector scanning
      description: Disables Amazon Inspector scanning for one or more resource types in one or more accounts.
      tags:
      - Scanning
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Scanning disabled successfully
components:
  securitySchemes:
    hmac:
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header
      description: Amazon Signature authorization v4
      x-amazon-apigateway-authtype: awsSigv4
externalDocs:
  description: Amazon Web Services documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/inspector2/
x-hasEquivalentPaths: true