This topic describes the release notes for Cloud Config and provides links to the relevant references.
January 2022
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Advanced searches | The following types of advanced searches are supported:
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2022-01-21 | All regions | |
Integration service settings | Configuration change events and non-compliance events can be delivered to EventBridge. This way, Cloud Config provides an all-in-one solution for event consumption and delivery. | 2022-01-21 | All regions | Configure service integration settings |
November 2021
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Compliance package templates | The following compliance package template is available: GovernanceCenterCompliancePractices | 2021-11-02 | All regions | GovernanceCenterCompliancePractices |
April 2021
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Compliance package templates | The following compliance package templates are available:
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2021-04-20 | All regions |
March 2021
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Compliance package templates | The following compliance package templates are available:
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2021-03-31 | All regions | |
Compliance package templates | A compliance package template is a collection of managed rules that are created by
Cloud Config based on various compliance scenarios. Cloud Config provides compliance
package templates to allow you to dynamically monitor the compliance of your cloud
resources in an efficient manner. The following compliance package templates are available:
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2021-03-15 | All regions | |
Account groups | The account group feature is provided to replace Cloud Config for Enterprise. You can specify multiple member accounts in an account group to manage the compliance data of the resources within these accounts in a centralized manner. In addition, you can divide member accounts into multiple account groups to realize differentiated compliance management for your enterprise. | 2021-03-10 | All regions | Overview |
December 2020
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Integration with ActionTrail events | Cloud Config is integrated with ActionTrail. You can view the details of operations performed by using the current Alibaba Cloud account and its RAM users in the last 90 days in the Cloud Config console. These operations include access to the Cloud Config console and OpenAPI Explorer. They are recorded by ActionTrail as events. | 2020-12-16 | All regions | View ActionTrail event details |
August 2020
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Delivery of resource change logs to Log Service | Resource change logs can be delivered to a specified Log Service Logstore. | 2020-08-18 | All regions | Deliver resource-related logs to a Log Service Logstore |
March 2020
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Remediation settings | A remediation template can be specified for a rule. If Cloud Config detects that specific resource configurations violate this rule, you can use the remediation template to automatically or manually correct the non-compliant configurations to ensure continuous compliance of the cloud resources. | 2020-03-20 | All regions |
February 2020
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Delivery of event notifications to Message Service (MNS) | Notifications of resource change events, resource non-compliance events, and resource snapshot delivery events can be delivered to a specified MNS topic. | 2020-02-26 | All regions | Deliver resource data to an MNS topic |
January 2020
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Risk levels for rules | Risk levels can be defined for rules. This way, you can determine which rules you want to focus on when different rules have non-compliance evaluation results. | 2020-01-15 | All regions | Create a rule based on a managed rule |
Display of associated resources | The resources that are associated with a resource are displayed on the details page of the resource. | 2020-01-15 | All regions | View the information about a resource |
Simplified display of non-compliance information | The non-compliance information is structured and displayed in a list so that you can identify the non-compliant configurations with ease. | 2020-01-15 | All regions | View the compliance evaluation results |
December 2019
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Delivery of resource snapshots to Object Storage Service (OSS) | Resource snapshots, including resource change snapshots and scheduled resource snapshots, can be delivered to a specified OSS bucket. | 2019-12-30 | All regions | Deliver resource data to an OSS bucket |
More supported Alibaba Cloud services | Cloud Config is integrated with more Alibaba Cloud services. | 2019-12-30 | All regions | Alibaba Cloud services that are supported by Cloud Config |
Release on the International site (alibabacloud.com) | Cloud Config is released for public preview on the International site (alibabacloud.com) and supports all regions outside the Chinese mainland. | 2019-12-20 | All regions | Cloud Config on the International site (alibabacloud.com) |
November 2019
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Custom rules | In addition to the managed rules provided by Cloud Config, custom rules can be created by using Function Compute. | 2019-11-10 | Regions supported by the China site (aliyun.com) | Custom rule functions |
October 2019
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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More managed rules | More managed rules that you can directly use are provided. | 2019-10-30 | Regions supported by the China site (aliyun.com) | Managed rules |
More supported Alibaba Cloud services | Cloud Config is integrated with more Alibaba Cloud services. | 2019-10-15 | Regions supported by the China site (aliyun.com) | Alibaba Cloud services that are supported by Cloud Config |
September 2019
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Optimization in searches of resources | You can filter resources by type, region, and compliance status, and search for resources by resource ID. | 2019-09-30 | Regions supported by the China site (aliyun.com) | Enter a resource ID or set filter conditions to globally search for the specified resource |
Overview page | The Overview page is provided to display a statistical view of resource distribution, compliance status, and recent changes. | 2019-09-20 | Regions supported by the China site (aliyun.com) | Overview page in the Cloud Config console |
More managed rules | More managed rules that you can directly use are provided. | 2019-09-20 | Regions supported by the China site (aliyun.com) | Managed rules |
Continuous compliance evaluation |
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2019-09-15 | Regions supported by the China site (aliyun.com) | Rule definition and implementation |
August 2019
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Public preview of Cloud Config |
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2019-08-31 | Regions supported by the China site (aliyun.com) | Overview |