Creates a service-linked configuration recorder that is linked to a specific Amazon Web Services service based on the
ServicePrincipal you specify.
The configuration recorder's
name,
recordingGroup,
recordingMode, and
recordingScope is set by the service that is linked to the configuration recorder.
For more information, see
Working with the Configuration Recorder in the
Config Developer Guide.
This API creates a service-linked role
AWSServiceRoleForConfig in your account. The service-linked role is created only when the role does not exist in your account.
The recording scope determines if you receive configuration items The recording scope is set by the service that is linked to the configuration recorder and determines whether you receive configuration items (CIs) in the delivery channel. If the recording scope is internal, you will not receive CIs in the delivery channel.
Tags are added at creation and cannot be updated with this operation Use
TagResource and
UntagResource to update tags after creation.