This topic describes the release dates, supported regions, and related documents for the main features of the Cloud Config service.

April 2020

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Cloud Config for Enterprise Cloud Config for Enterprise is an integration of Cloud Config and Resource Management. You can use Cloud Config for Enterprise to audit configuration compliance for resources that belong to multiple Alibaba Cloud accounts. April 8, 2020 All Overview

March 2020

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Correction settings You can specify a correction template for a rule. When Cloud Config detects that resource configurations violate this rule, you can use the correction template to automatically or manually correct non-compliant configurations, realizing the continuous compliance of the cloud resources. March 20, 2020 All

February 2020

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Event notification You can subscribe to events in Cloud Config, including resource change events, resource compliance events, and snapshot delivery events. February 26, 2020 All Subscribe to events

January 2020

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Risk levels for rules You can define risk levels for rules to determine which rules you want to focus on when different rules have non-compliance results. January 15, 2020 All Create a rule
Resource relationship information The details page of a resource can display the resources that are associated with the current resource. January 15, 2020 All View the details of a resource
Simplified display of non-compliance information The non-compliant information is structured and displayed in a list, so that you can visually find the non-compliant configuration information. January 15, 2020 All View the compliance evaluation result
Visual custom rules You can select required parameters in the Cloud Config console to develop custom rules without coding. January 10, 2020 All Use Visual Editor to create a custom rule

December 2019

Feature Description Release date Supported regions Related topic
Snapshot delivery to an OSS bucket You can deliver resource configuration snapshots and compliance snapshots to the specified OSS bucket. December 30, 2019 All Store snapshots of resource configuration changes in an OSS bucket
More Alibaba Cloud services supported Cloud Config continues to integrate with more Alibaba Cloud services. December 30, 2019 All Alibaba Cloud services that support Cloud Config
Cloud Config released on the international site (alibabacloud.com) Cloud Config is released for public preview on the international site (alibabacloud.com) and supports all regions outside Mainland China. December 20, 2019 All Cloud Config on the international site (alibabacloud.com)

November 2019

Feature Description Release date Supported regions Related topic
Custom rule In addition to the managed rules provided by Cloud Config, you can create custom rules by using Function Compute. November 10, 2019 Regions in China Create a custom rule

October 2019

Feature Description Release date Supported regions Related topic
More managed rules Cloud Config provides you with more managed rules that you can directly use. October 30, 2019 Regions in China Managed rules
More Alibaba Cloud services supported Cloud Config continues to integrate with more Alibaba Cloud services. October 15, 2019 Regions in China Alibaba Cloud services that support Cloud Config

September 2019

Feature Description Release date Supported regions Related topic
Optimized search in the resource list You can filter resources by type, region, and compliance status, and search for resources by resource ID. September 30, 2019 Regions in China Search for resources
Overview page It shows a statistical view of resource distribution, compliance status, and recent changes. September 20, 2019 Regions in China Overview page in the Cloud Config console
More managed rules Cloud Config provides you with more managed rules that you can directly use. September 20, 2019 Regions in China Managed rules
Continuous compliance evaluation
  • You can set compliance requirements as rules to continuously and automatically monitor the compliance of resource configurations.
  • A resource compliance timeline can be formed.
  • Each node in the compliance timeline indicates a compliance evaluation and displays the specific evaluation information.
September 15, 2019 Regions in China Rule definition and principles

August 2019

Feature Description Release date Supported regions Related topic
Cloud Config released for public preview
  • You can centrally access the resources in all regions and search for resources quickly.
  • Cloud Monitor tracks resource changes and records the change details to form a configuration timeline.
  • Each node in the configuration timeline indicates a resource change and displays the content of the change.
August 31, 2019 Regions in China Resource list