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RecordingStrategy

Specifies the recording strategy of the configuration recorder.

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Properties

Name Type Description
useOnly object
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{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-config/refs/heads/main/json-schema/config-recording-strategy-schema.json",
  "title": "RecordingStrategy",
  "description": "Specifies the recording strategy of the configuration recorder.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "useOnly": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/RecordingStrategyType"
        },
        {
          "description": "<p>The recording strategy for the configuration recorder.</p> <ul> <li> <p>If you set this option to <code>ALL_SUPPORTED_RESOURCE_TYPES</code>, Config records configuration changes for all supported regional resource types. You also must set the <code>allSupported</code> field of <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/config/latest/APIReference/API_RecordingGroup.html\">RecordingGroup</a> to <code>true</code>.</p> <p>When Config adds support for a new type of regional resource, Config automatically starts recording resources of that type. For a list of supported resource types, see <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/config/latest/developerguide/resource-config-reference.html#supported-resources\">Supported Resource Types</a> in the <i>Config developer guide</i>.</p> </li> <li> <p>If you set this option to <code>INCLUSION_BY_RESOURCE_TYPES</code>, Config records configuration changes for only the resource types that you specify in the <code>resourceTypes</code> field of <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/config/latest/APIReference/API_RecordingGroup.html\">RecordingGroup</a>.</p> </li> <li> <p>If you set this option to <code>EXCLUSION_BY_RESOURCE_TYPES</code>, Config records configuration changes for all supported resource types, except the resource types that you specify as exemptions to exclude from being recorded in the <code>resourceTypes</code> field of <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/config/latest/APIReference/API_ExclusionByResourceTypes.html\">ExclusionByResourceTypes</a>.</p> </li> </ul> <note> <p>The <code>recordingStrategy</code> field is optional when you set the <code>allSupported</code> field of <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/config/latest/APIReference/API_RecordingGroup.html\">RecordingGroup</a> to <code>true</code>.</p> <p>The <code>recordingStrategy</code> field is optional when you list resource types in the <code>resourceTypes</code> field of <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/config/latest/APIReference/API_RecordingGroup.html\">RecordingGroup</a>.</p> <p>The <code>recordingStrategy</code> field is required if you list resource types to exclude from recording in the <code>resourceTypes</code> field of <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/config/latest/APIReference/API_ExclusionByResourceTypes.html\">ExclusionByResourceTypes</a>.</p> </note> <note> <p>If you choose <code>EXCLUSION_BY_RESOURCE_TYPES</code> for the recording strategy, the <code>exclusionByResourceTypes</code> field will override other properties in the request.</p> <p>For example, even if you set <code>includeGlobalResourceTypes</code> to false, global resource types will still be automatically recorded in this option unless those resource types are specifically listed as exemptions in the <code>resourceTypes</code> field of <code>exclusionByResourceTypes</code>.</p> <p>By default, if you choose the <code>EXCLUSION_BY_RESOURCE_TYPES</code> recording strategy, when Config adds support for a new resource type in the Region where you set up the configuration recorder, including global resource types, Config starts recording resources of that type automatically.</p> </note>"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

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