After you authorize Cloud Config, you can view and manage resources across different regions from the Cloud Config console.
Scenarios
Managing resources across multiple regions is difficult. Cloud Config aggregates resources from different regions into a single list, enabling you to quickly search for any resource and view its configuration and change history. Cloud Config continuously tracks and records configuration changes. By default, configuration change history is retained for 10 years.
Limits
The resource list includes only resources from supported Alibaba Cloud services and resource types. Supported resource types and relationships.
Cloud Config continuously adds support for more Alibaba Cloud services and resource types.
Features
The following table describes the available resource management operations.
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Search for a resource by ID or use filters to locate resources across all regions from a single aggregated list. |
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View basic information, core configuration, and latest audit results for a resource. |
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Cloud Config records every configuration or relationship change. Configuration history is retained for 10 years by default. |
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Each time a rule evaluates a resource, Cloud Config generates a compliance record. These records form the compliance timeline. |
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View associated resources and track relationship changes between resources. |
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View the cross-region resource list in the console or download it for offline resource allocation and review. |