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Cloud Config:UpdateConfigRule

Last Updated:Sep 02, 2026

Modifies the description, input parameters, risk level, and other settings of a rule.

Operation description

This topic provides an example on how to change the risk level of the rule cr-a260626622af0005**** to 3 (low risk).

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

config:UpdateConfigRule

update

*Rule

acs:config:*:{#accountId}:rule/{#ConfigRuleId}

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

ConfigRuleId

string

Yes

The rule ID.

For information about how to obtain a rule ID, see ListConfigRules.

cr-a260626622af0005****

Description

string

No

The description of the rule. The description can be up to 500 characters in length.

A maximum of 6 tag groups can be defined. If a resource has all specified tags, it is considered "compliant"

InputParameters

object

No

The input parameters of the rule.

{"tag1Key":"ECS","tag1Value":"test"}

MaximumExecutionFrequency

string

No

The execution frequency of the rule. Valid values:

  • One_Hour: 1 hour.

  • Three_Hours: 3 hours.

  • Six_Hours: 6 hours.

  • Twelve_Hours: 12 hours.

  • TwentyFour_Hours (default): 24 hours.

Note

If ConfigRuleTriggerTypes is set to ScheduledNotification, you must specify this parameter.

Valid values:

  • Twelve_Hours :

    12 hours.

  • Three_Hours :

    3 hours.

  • Six_Hours :

    6 hours.

  • One_Hour :

    1 hour.

  • TwentyFour_Hours :

    24 hours.

One_Hour

ResourceTypesScope

array

No

The resource types to which the rule applies. Separate multiple resource types with commas (,).

ACS::ECS::Instance

string

No

The resource types to which the rule applies. Separate multiple resource types with commas (,).

ACS::ECS::Instance

RiskLevel

integer

No

The risk level of the rule. Valid values:

  • 1: high risk.

  • 2: medium risk.

  • 3: low risk.

Valid values:

  • 1 :

    High risk.

  • 2 :

    Medium risk.

  • 3 :

    Low risk.

3

ClientToken

string

No

The client token that is used to ensure the idempotence of the request. You can use the client to generate the token, but you must make sure that the token is unique among different requests. The ClientToken value can contain only ASCII characters and cannot exceed 64 characters in length.

1594295238-f9361358-5843-4294-8d30-b5183fac****

RegionIdsScope

string

No

The rule applies only to resources in the specified region IDs. Separate multiple region IDs with commas (,).

Note

This parameter applies only to rule templates.

cn-hangzhou

ExcludeRegionIdsScope

string

No

The rule does not apply to resources in the specified regions. Resources in these regions are not evaluated. Separate multiple region IDs with commas (,).

cn-shanghai

ExcludeResourceIdsScope

string

No

The rule does not apply to the specified resource IDs. Resources with these IDs are not evaluated. Separate multiple resource IDs with commas (,).

Note

This parameter applies only to rule templates.

lb-t4nbowvtbkss7t326****

ResourceIdsScope

string

No

The rule applies only to the specified resource IDs. Separate multiple resource IDs with commas (,).

lb-5cmbowstbkss9ta03****

ConfigRuleTriggerTypes

string

No

The trigger type of the rule. Valid values:

  • ConfigurationItemChangeNotification: configuration change.

  • ScheduledNotification: periodic execution.

Note

Only custom rules can have this parameter modified.

ConfigurationItemChangeNotification

ResourceGroupIdsScope

string

No

The rule applies only to resources in the specified resource group IDs. Separate multiple resource group IDs with commas (,).

Note

This parameter applies only to rule templates.

rg-aekzc7r7rhx****

ExcludeResourceGroupIdsScope

string

No

The rule does not apply to resources in the specified resource group IDs. Resources in these resource groups are not evaluated. Separate multiple resource group IDs with commas (,).

rg-bnczc6r7rml****

TagKeyScope deprecated

string

No

This parameter is deprecated. Use the TagsScope parameter instead.

The rule applies only to resources that are bound with the specified tag.

Note

This parameter applies only to rule templates, and TagKeyScope and TagValueScope must be set together.

ECS

TagValueScope deprecated

string

No

This parameter is deprecated. Use the TagsScope parameter instead.

The rule applies only to resources that are bound with the specified tag.

Note

This parameter applies only to rule templates, and TagKeyScope and TagValueScope must be set together.

test

TagKeyLogicScope

string

No

The logical relationship when the TagsScope parameter has multiple values. For example, if TagsScope is set to "TagsScope.1.TagKey":"a","TagsScope.1.TagValue":"a","TagsScope.2.TagKey":"b","TagsScope.2.TagValue":"b" and this parameter is set to AND, the rule applies only to resources that are bound with both the a:a and b:b tags. If this parameter is not specified, the default logic OR is used.

This parameter can also be used with the deprecated TagKeyScope parameter (not recommended). For example, if TagKeyScope is set to ECS,OSS and this parameter is set to AND, the rule applies only to resources that are bound with both the ECS and OSS tags.

Valid values:

  • AND: logical AND.

  • OR: logical OR.

Valid values:

  • OR :

    OR

  • AND :

    AND

AND

TagsScope

array<object>

No

The tag scope.

object

No

TagKey

string

No

The tag key.

key-1

TagValue

string

No

The tag value.

value-1

ExcludeTagsScope

array<object>

No

The excluded tag scope.

object

No

TagKey

string

No

The tag key.

key-2

TagValue

string

No

The tag value.

value-2

ConfigRuleName

string

No

The rule name.

For information about how to obtain a rule name, see ListAggregateConfigRules.

All specified tags exist

Conditions

string

No

The conditions of the custom condition rule in JSON format.

{"ComplianceConditions":"{\"operator\":\"and\",\"children\":[{\"operator\":\"StringEquals\",\"featurePath\":\"$.Status\",\"desired\":\"1\",\"featureSource\":\"CONFIGURATION\"}]}"}

ExtendContent

string

No

Optional. The extended content. This parameter is used together with the 24-hour periodic trigger to specify the trigger time.

{"fixedHour":"12"}

Tag deprecated

array<object>

No

[Deprecated] The tags of the resource. This parameter is deprecated. Ignore this parameter because values passed in do not take effect.

A maximum of 20 tags can be bound.

object

No

The tags of the resource.

A maximum of 20 tags can be bound.

Key

string

No

The tag key.

key-1

Value

string

No

The tag value.

value-1

ResourceNameScope

string

No

The rule applies only to resources with the specified resource name.

i-xxx

For more information about common request parameters, see Common parameters.

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

The response parameters.

ConfigRuleId

string

The rule ID.

cr-a260626622af0005****

RequestId

string

The request ID.

6EC7AED1-172F-42AE-9C12-295BC2ADB751

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "ConfigRuleId": "cr-a260626622af0005****",
  "RequestId": "6EC7AED1-172F-42AE-9C12-295BC2ADB751"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 ExceedMaxRuleCount The maximum number of rules is exceeded.
400 ConfigRuleNotExists The ConfigRule does not exist. The rule does not exist.
400 ConfigRuleExists The ConfigRule already exists.
404 AccountNotExisted Your account does not exist.
503 ServiceUnavailable The request has failed due to a temporary failure of the server. The request has failed due to a temporary failure of the server.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.