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TagResource - AWS Config

TagResource

Associates the specified tags to a resource with the specified ResourceArn. If existing tags on a resource are not specified in the request parameters, they are not changed. If existing tags are specified, however, then their values will be updated. When a resource is deleted, the tags associated with that resource are deleted as well.

Request Syntax

{ "ResourceArn": "string", "Tags": [ { "Key": "string", "Value": "string" } ] }

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

ResourceArn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) that identifies the resource for which to list the tags. The following resources are supported:

  • ConfigurationRecorder

  • ConfigRule

  • OrganizationConfigRule

  • ConformancePack

  • OrganizationConformancePack

  • ConfigurationAggregator

  • AggregationAuthorization

  • StoredQuery

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1000.

Required: Yes

Tags

An array of tag object.

Type: Array of Tag objects

Array Members: Minimum number of 1 item. Maximum number of 50 items.

Required: Yes

Response Elements

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

Errors

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

ResourceNotFoundException

You have specified a resource that does not exist.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TooManyTagsException

You have reached the limit of the number of tags you can use. For more information, see Service Limits in the AWS Config Developer Guide.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ValidationException

The requested operation is not valid. You will see this exception if there are missing required fields or if the input value fails the validation.

For PutStoredQuery, one of the following errors:

  • There are missing required fields.

  • The input value fails the validation.

  • You are trying to create more than 300 queries.

For DescribeConfigurationRecorders and DescribeConfigurationRecorderStatus, one of the following errors:

  • You have specified more than one configuration recorder.

  • You have provided a service principal for service-linked configuration recorder that is not valid.

For AssociateResourceTypes and DisassociateResourceTypes, one of the following errors:

  • Your configuraiton recorder has a recording strategy that does not allow the association or disassociation of resource types.

  • One or more of the specified resource types are already associated or disassociated with the configuration recorder.

  • For service-linked configuration recorders, the configuration recorder does not record one or more of the specified resource types.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

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

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