Config delivery failing remediation

Using Console

Using CLI

To remediate the misconfiguration of AWS Config Log File Delivery, please follow the below steps:Step 1: Open the AWS CLI and run the following command to create an S3 bucket that will store the AWS Config logs:

aws s3 mb s3://<bucket-name> --region <region>

Note: Replace <bucket-name> with a unique name for your S3 bucket and <region> with the region where you want to create the bucket.Step 2: Run the following command to create an IAM role that AWS Config will use to access the S3 bucket:

aws iam create-role --role-name AWSConfigServiceRole --assume-role-policy-document file://trust-policy.json

Note: Create a file named trust-policy.json with the following content:

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Principal": {
        "Service": "config.amazonaws.com"
      },
      "Action": "sts:AssumeRole"
    }
  ]
}

Step 3: Run the following command to attach the required policy to the IAM role:

aws iam attach-role-policy --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSConfigRole --role-name AWSConfigServiceRole

Step 4: Run the following command to enable AWS Config and specify the S3 bucket and IAM role:

aws configservice put-delivery-channel --delivery-channel '{"s3BucketName":"<bucket-name>","snsTopicARN":"","configSnapshotDeliveryProperties":{"deliveryFrequency":"Six_Hours"}}' --name default --s3-key-prefix logs/ --role-arn arn:aws:iam::<account-id>:role/AWSConfigServiceRole

Note: Replace <bucket-name> with the name of the S3 bucket you created in Step 1 and <account-id> with your AWS account ID.Step 5: Verify that AWS Config is enabled and the S3 bucket and IAM role are configured correctly by running the following command:

aws configservice describe-delivery-channels

This should return a JSON object that includes the details of the delivery channel you just created.By following the above steps, you can remediate the misconfiguration of AWS Config Log File Delivery.

Using Python

To remediate the AWS Config Log File Delivery misconfiguration using Python, you can follow these steps:

Import the necessary AWS SDK libraries in your Python script. For example, you can use the boto3 library to interact with AWS services.

import boto3

Create a boto3 client for AWS Config service.

config_client = boto3.client('config')

Check if the AWS Config Log File Delivery is enabled or not.

response = config_client.describe_delivery_channels()
if len(response['DeliveryChannels']) == 0:
    print("AWS Config Log File Delivery is not enabled.")
else:
    print("AWS Config Log File Delivery is enabled.")

If AWS Config Log File Delivery is not enabled, create a new delivery channel.

response = config_client.put_delivery_channel(
    DeliveryChannel={
        'name': 'my-delivery-channel', # replace with your own delivery channel name
        's3BucketName': 'my-s3-bucket', # replace with your own S3 bucket name
        'configSnapshotDeliveryProperties': {
            'deliveryFrequency': 'One_Hour' # or 'Three_Hours', 'Six_Hours', 'Twelve_Hours', 'TwentyFour_Hours'
        }
    }
)
print("AWS Config Log File Delivery is enabled now.")

Note: Replace my-delivery-channel and my-s3-bucket with your own delivery channel name and S3 bucket name respectively.

Verify that the AWS Config Log File Delivery is enabled.

response = config_client.describe_delivery_channels()
if len(response['DeliveryChannels']) == 0:
    print("AWS Config Log File Delivery is not enabled.")
else:
    print("AWS Config Log File Delivery is enabled.")

Run the Python script to remediate the AWS Config Log File Delivery misconfiguration.

This should enable the AWS Config Log File Delivery and remediate the misconfiguration.

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