Delete Config Rule

configservice_delete_config_rule

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Deletes the specified Config rule and all of its evaluation results

Description

Deletes the specified Config rule and all of its evaluation results.

Config sets the state of a rule to DELETING until the deletion is complete. You cannot update a rule while it is in this state. If you make a put_config_rule or delete_config_rule request for the rule, you will receive a ResourceInUseException.

You can check the state of a rule by using the describe_config_rules request.

Recommendation: Consider excluding the ⁠AWS::Config::ResourceCompliance⁠ resource type from recording before deleting rules

Deleting rules creates configuration items (CIs) for ⁠AWS::Config::ResourceCompliance⁠ that can affect your costs for the configuration recorder. If you are deleting rules which evaluate a large number of resource types, this can lead to a spike in the number of CIs recorded.

To avoid the associated costs, you can opt to disable recording for the ⁠AWS::Config::ResourceCompliance⁠ resource type before deleting rules, and re-enable recording after the rules have been deleted.

However, since deleting rules is an asynchronous process, it might take an hour or more to complete. During the time when recording is disabled for ⁠AWS::Config::ResourceCompliance⁠, rule evaluations will not be recorded in the associated resource’s history.

Usage

configservice_delete_config_rule(ConfigRuleName)

Arguments

ConfigRuleName

[required] The name of the Config rule that you want to delete.

Value

An empty list.

Request syntax

svc$delete_config_rule(
  ConfigRuleName = "string"
)