--- title: "What is AWS Con?g?" description: "What is AWS Con?g?" author: "madhu DM" published: 2019-09-08 updated: 2019-09-08 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/72303/what-is-aws-con-g category: "technology" tags: ["amazon"] reading_time: 1 minute --- # What is AWS Con?g? AWS Config provides a detailed view of the configuration of AWS [resources](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1391/explain-how-to-retrieve-resources-using-resourcemanager-class) in your AWS account. This includes how the resources are related to one another and how they were configured in the past so that you can see how the configurations and [relationships](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/300112/how-mental-illness-affects-romantic-relationships) change over time. An AWS [resource](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/43433/top-best-resources-for-women-about-beauty-and-health) is an entity you can work within AWS, such as an Amazon Elastic Compute [Cloud](https://www.mindstick.com/services/cloud-development) (EC2) [instance](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/1739/object-reference-is-not-set-to-an-instance-of-an-object-error-in-my-code), an Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) volume, a [security](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1671/wcf-security-in-dot-net-technology-using-c-sharp) group, or an Amazon [Virtual](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/749/pure-virtual-function-c-plus-plus) [Private Cloud](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/11540/public-cloud-vs-private-cloud-vs-hybrid-cloud-storage-which-is-the-best) (VPC). For a complete list of AWS resources supported by AWS Config. Take your career to new heights of [success](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/198683/how-to-be-successful-in-your-life) with an **AWS Training.** ## With AWS Config, you can do the following: - Evaluate your AWS resource configurations for desired settings. - Get a [snapshot](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1903/what-is-a-snapshot) of the current configurations of the supported resources that are associated with your AWS account. - Retrieve configurations of one or more resources that exist in your account. - Retrieve historical configurations of one or more resources. - Receive a notification whenever a resource is created, modified, or deleted. - View relationships between resources. For example, you might want to find all resources that use a particular security group. --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/72303/what-is-aws-con-g Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.