Manage the AliyunServiceRoleForConfigRemediation service-linked role

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The AliyunServiceRoleForConfigRemediation service-linked role grants Cloud Config the permissions required for automatic remediation. Learn about the role details, scenarios, and how to create or delete the role.

Scenarios

To remediate non-compliant resources by using the automatic remediation feature of Cloud Config, you must grant Cloud Config the permissions to access non-compliant resources. Cloud Config assumes the AliyunServiceRoleForConfigRemediation service-linked role to access non-compliant resources across Alibaba Cloud services.

Note

For more information about service-linked roles, see Service-linked roles.

Role description

The AliyunServiceRoleForConfigRemediation service-linked role has the following details:

  • Role name: AliyunServiceRoleForConfigRemediation.

  • Policy attached to the role: AliyunServiceRolePolicyForConfigRemediation.

  • Policy description: Grants Cloud Config the permissions to access non-compliant resources across Alibaba Cloud services.

    Note

    For more information about the policy, see AliyunServiceRolePolicyForConfigRemediation.

Create the AliyunServiceRoleForConfigRemediation service-linked role

When you configure a remediation template for a rule in the Cloud Config console, Cloud Config automatically creates the AliyunServiceRoleForConfigRemediation service-linked role in the Resource Access Management (RAM) console if non-compliant resources are detected.

Delete the AliyunServiceRoleForConfigRemediation service-linked role

  1. Delete remediation settings.

    • Delete the remediation settings of a rule. For more information, see Delete remediation settings.

    • Delete all rules for which remediation settings are configured. For more information, see Delete a rule.

  2. Delete the AliyunServiceRoleForConfigRemediation service-linked role.

    For more information, see Delete a RAM role.

    The AliyunServiceRoleForConfigRemediation service-linked role cannot be automatically deleted. You must log on to the RAM console and manually delete the role. For more information, see Delete a RAM role.

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