Example Oversized Configuration Item Change Notification - AWS Config

Example Oversized Configuration Item Change Notification

When AWS Config detects a configuration change for a resource, it sends a configuration item notification. If the notification exceeds the maximum size allowed by Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS), the notification includes a brief summary of the configuration item. You can view the complete notification in the Amazon S3 bucket location specified in the s3BucketLocation field.

The following example notification shows a configuration item for an Amazon EC2 instance. The notification includes a summary of the changes and the location of the notification in the Amazon S3 bucket.

View the Timeline for this Resource in the Console: https://console.aws.amazon.com/config/home?region=us-west-2#/timeline/AWS::EC2::Instance/resourceId_14b76876-7969-4097-ab8e-a31942b02e80?time=2016-10-06T16:46:16.261Z The full configuration item change notification for this resource exceeded the maximum size allowed by Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS). A summary of the configuration item is provided here. You can view the complete notification in the specified Amazon S3 bucket location. New State Record Summary: ---------------------------- { "configurationItemSummary": { "changeType": "UPDATE", "configurationItemVersion": "1.2", "configurationItemCaptureTime": "2016-10-06T16:46:16.261Z", "configurationStateId": 0, "awsAccountId": "123456789012", "configurationItemStatus": "OK", "resourceType": "AWS::EC2::Instance", "resourceId": "resourceId_14b76876-7969-4097-ab8e-a31942b02e80", "resourceName": null, "ARN": "arn:aws:ec2:us-west-2:123456789012:instance/resourceId_14b76876-7969-4097-ab8e-a31942b02e80", "awsRegion": "us-west-2", "availabilityZone": null, "configurationStateMd5Hash": "8f1ee69b287895a0f8bc5753eca68e96", "resourceCreationTime": "2016-10-06T16:46:10.489Z" }, "s3DeliverySummary": { "s3BucketLocation": "my-bucket/AWSLogs/123456789012/Config/us-west-2/2016/10/6/OversizedChangeNotification/AWS::EC2::Instance/resourceId_14b76876-7969-4097-ab8e-a31942b02e80/123456789012_Config_us-west-2_ChangeNotification_AWS::EC2::Instance_resourceId_14b76876-7969-4097-ab8e-a31942b02e80_20161006T164616Z_0.json.gz", "errorCode": null, "errorMessage": null }, "notificationCreationTime": "2016-10-06T16:46:16.261Z", "messageType": "OversizedConfigurationItemChangeNotification", "recordVersion": "1.0" }