AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell
Command Reference

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Synopsis

Calls the AWS Config StartResourceEvaluation API operation.

Syntax

Start-CFGResourceEvaluation
-EvaluationMode <EvaluationMode>
-EvaluationContext_EvaluationContextIdentifier <String>
-EvaluationTimeout <Int32>
-ResourceDetails_ResourceConfiguration <String>
-ResourceDetails_ResourceConfigurationSchemaType <ResourceConfigurationSchemaType>
-ResourceDetails_ResourceId <String>
-ResourceDetails_ResourceType <String>
-ClientToken <String>
-Select <String>
-Force <SwitchParameter>
-ClientConfig <AmazonConfigServiceConfig>

Description

Runs an on-demand evaluation for the specified resource to determine whether the resource details will comply with configured Config rules. You can also use it for evaluation purposes. Config recommends using an evaluation context. It runs an execution against the resource details with all of the Config rules in your account that match with the specified proactive mode and resource type. Ensure you have the cloudformation:DescribeType role setup to validate the resource type schema. You can find the Resource type schema in "Amazon Web Services public extensions" within the CloudFormation registry or with the following CLI commmand: aws cloudformation describe-type --type-name "AWS::S3::Bucket" --type RESOURCE. For more information, see Managing extensions through the CloudFormation registry and Amazon Web Services resource and property types reference in the CloudFormation User Guide.

Parameters

-ClientConfig <AmazonConfigServiceConfig>
Amazon.PowerShell.Cmdlets.CFG.AmazonConfigServiceClientCmdlet.ClientConfig
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-ClientToken <String>
A client token is a unique, case-sensitive string of up to 64 ASCII characters. To make an idempotent API request using one of these actions, specify a client token in the request.Avoid reusing the same client token for other API requests. If you retry a request that completed successfully using the same client token and the same parameters, the retry succeeds without performing any further actions. If you retry a successful request using the same client token, but one or more of the parameters are different, other than the Region or Availability Zone, the retry fails with an IdempotentParameterMismatch error.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-EvaluationContext_EvaluationContextIdentifier <String>
A unique EvaluationContextIdentifier ID for an EvaluationContext.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-EvaluationMode <EvaluationMode>
The mode of an evaluation.The only valid value for this API is PROACTIVE.
Required?True
Position?1
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
-EvaluationTimeout <Int32>
The timeout for an evaluation. The default is 900 seconds. You cannot specify a number greater than 3600. If you specify 0, Config uses the default.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-Force <SwitchParameter>
This parameter overrides confirmation prompts to force the cmdlet to continue its operation. This parameter should always be used with caution.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-ResourceDetails_ResourceConfiguration <String>
The resource definition to be evaluated as per the resource configuration schema type.
Required?True
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-ResourceDetails_ResourceConfigurationSchemaType <ResourceConfigurationSchemaType>
The schema type of the resource configuration.You can find the Resource type schema, or CFN_RESOURCE_SCHEMA, in "Amazon Web Services public extensions" within the CloudFormation registry or with the following CLI commmand: aws cloudformation describe-type --type-name "AWS::S3::Bucket" --type RESOURCE.For more information, see Managing extensions through the CloudFormation registry and Amazon Web Services resource and property types reference in the CloudFormation User Guide.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-ResourceDetails_ResourceId <String>
A unique resource ID for an evaluation.
Required?True
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-ResourceDetails_ResourceType <String>
The type of resource being evaluated.
Required?True
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-Select <String>
Use the -Select parameter to control the cmdlet output. The default value is 'ResourceEvaluationId'. Specifying -Select '*' will result in the cmdlet returning the whole service response (Amazon.ConfigService.Model.StartResourceEvaluationResponse). Specifying the name of a property of type Amazon.ConfigService.Model.StartResourceEvaluationResponse will result in that property being returned. Specifying -Select '^ParameterName' will result in the cmdlet returning the selected cmdlet parameter value.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)

Common Credential and Region Parameters

-AccessKey <String>
The AWS access key for the user account. This can be a temporary access key if the corresponding session token is supplied to the -SessionToken parameter.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesAK
-Credential <AWSCredentials>
An AWSCredentials object instance containing access and secret key information, and optionally a token for session-based credentials.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
-EndpointUrl <String>
The endpoint to make the call against.Note: This parameter is primarily for internal AWS use and is not required/should not be specified for normal usage. The cmdlets normally determine which endpoint to call based on the region specified to the -Region parameter or set as default in the shell (via Set-DefaultAWSRegion). Only specify this parameter if you must direct the call to a specific custom endpoint.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-NetworkCredential <PSCredential>
Used with SAML-based authentication when ProfileName references a SAML role profile. Contains the network credentials to be supplied during authentication with the configured identity provider's endpoint. This parameter is not required if the user's default network identity can or should be used during authentication.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
-ProfileLocation <String>
Used to specify the name and location of the ini-format credential file (shared with the AWS CLI and other AWS SDKs)If this optional parameter is omitted this cmdlet will search the encrypted credential file used by the AWS SDK for .NET and AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio first. If the profile is not found then the cmdlet will search in the ini-format credential file at the default location: (user's home directory)\.aws\credentials.If this parameter is specified then this cmdlet will only search the ini-format credential file at the location given.As the current folder can vary in a shell or during script execution it is advised that you use specify a fully qualified path instead of a relative path.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesAWSProfilesLocation, ProfilesLocation
-ProfileName <String>
The user-defined name of an AWS credentials or SAML-based role profile containing credential information. The profile is expected to be found in the secure credential file shared with the AWS SDK for .NET and AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio. You can also specify the name of a profile stored in the .ini-format credential file used with the AWS CLI and other AWS SDKs.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesStoredCredentials, AWSProfileName
-Region <Object>
The system name of an AWS region or an AWSRegion instance. This governs the endpoint that will be used when calling service operations. Note that the AWS resources referenced in a call are usually region-specific.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesRegionToCall
-SecretKey <String>
The AWS secret key for the user account. This can be a temporary secret key if the corresponding session token is supplied to the -SessionToken parameter.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesSK, SecretAccessKey
-SessionToken <String>
The session token if the access and secret keys are temporary session-based credentials.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesST

Outputs

System.String or Amazon.ConfigService.Model.StartResourceEvaluationResponse
This cmdlet returns a System.String object. The service call response (type Amazon.ConfigService.Model.StartResourceEvaluationResponse) can be returned by specifying '-Select *'.
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Supported Version

AWS Tools for PowerShell: 2.x.y.z