CreateControl - AWS Audit Manager

CreateControl

Creates a new custom control in AWS Audit Manager.

Request Syntax

POST /controls HTTP/1.1 Content-type: application/json { "actionPlanInstructions": "string", "actionPlanTitle": "string", "controlMappingSources": [ { "sourceDescription": "string", "sourceFrequency": "string", "sourceKeyword": { "keywordInputType": "string", "keywordValue": "string" }, "sourceName": "string", "sourceSetUpOption": "string", "sourceType": "string", "troubleshootingText": "string" } ], "description": "string", "name": "string", "tags": { "string" : "string" }, "testingInformation": "string" }

URI Request Parameters

The request does not use any URI parameters.

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

actionPlanInstructions

The recommended actions to carry out if the control isn't fulfilled.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 1000.

Pattern: ^[\w\W\s\S]*$

Required: No

actionPlanTitle

The title of the action plan for remediating the control.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 300.

Pattern: ^[\w\W\s\S]*$

Required: No

controlMappingSources

The data mapping sources for the control.

Type: Array of CreateControlMappingSource objects

Array Members: Minimum number of 1 item.

Required: Yes

description

The description of the control.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 1000.

Pattern: ^[\w\W\s\S]*$

Required: No

name

The name of the control.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 300.

Pattern: ^[^\\]*$

Required: Yes

tags

The tags that are associated with the control.

Type: String to string map

Map Entries: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 50 items.

Key Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Key Pattern: ^(?!aws:)[a-zA-Z+-=._:/]+$

Value Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 256.

Value Pattern: .{0,255}

Required: No

testingInformation

The steps to follow to determine if the control is satisfied.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 1000.

Pattern: ^[\w\W\s\S]*$

Required: No

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 200 Content-type: application/json { "control": { "actionPlanInstructions": "string", "actionPlanTitle": "string", "arn": "string", "controlMappingSources": [ { "sourceDescription": "string", "sourceFrequency": "string", "sourceId": "string", "sourceKeyword": { "keywordInputType": "string", "keywordValue": "string" }, "sourceName": "string", "sourceSetUpOption": "string", "sourceType": "string", "troubleshootingText": "string" } ], "controlSources": "string", "createdAt": number, "createdBy": "string", "description": "string", "id": "string", "lastUpdatedAt": number, "lastUpdatedBy": "string", "name": "string", "tags": { "string" : "string" }, "testingInformation": "string", "type": "string" } }

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

control

The new control that the CreateControl API returned.

Type: Control object

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

AccessDeniedException

Your account isn't registered with AWS Audit Manager. Check the delegated administrator setup on the Audit Manager settings page, and try again.

HTTP Status Code: 403

InternalServerException

An internal service error occurred during the processing of your request. Try again later.

HTTP Status Code: 500

ResourceNotFoundException

The resource that's specified in the request can't be found.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ServiceQuotaExceededException

You've reached your account quota for this resource type. To perform the requested action, delete some existing resources or request a quota increase from the Service Quotas console. For a list of Audit Manager service quotas, see Quotas and restrictions for AWS Audit Manager.

HTTP Status Code: 402

ValidationException

The request has invalid or missing parameters.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: