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Using CLI

To remediate the misconfiguration “AWS Config Should Be Enabled” for AWS using AWS CLI, follow these steps:

Open the AWS CLI on your local machine or terminal.
Run the following command to enable AWS Config:

aws configservice put-config-rule --config-rule file://rule.json

Note: Make sure to replace rule.json with the name of the JSON file that contains the configuration rule. You can create a new JSON file with the following contents:

{
    "ConfigRuleName": "aws-config-enabled",
    "Description": "Checks whether AWS Config is enabled in the account",
    "Scope": {
        "ComplianceResourceTypes": [
            "AWS::::Account"
        ]
    },
    "Source": {
        "Owner": "AWS",
        "SourceIdentifier": "CONFIG_SERVICE_ENABLED"
    }
}

After running the command, AWS Config will be enabled in your AWS account. You can verify this by going to the AWS Config console and checking the status.

Note: It may take a few minutes for the configuration changes to take effect.

You can also use the following command to check the status of AWS Config:

aws configservice describe-configuration-recorders

This command will show you the status of the configuration recorders for AWS Config.

Once you have verified that AWS Config is enabled, you can close the AWS CLI.

Congratulations! You have successfully remediated the misconfiguration “AWS Config Should Be Enabled” for AWS using AWS CLI.

Using Python

To remediate the misconfiguration “AWS Config Should Be Enabled” for AWS using python, follow these steps:

Import the boto3 library to interact with AWS services using Python.

import boto3

Create a boto3 client for AWS Config.

config_client = boto3.client('config')

Check if AWS Config is enabled. If it is not enabled, enable it using the put_config_rule method.

response = config_client.describe_configuration_recorder_status()
if not response['ConfigurationRecordersStatus'][0]['recording']:
    response = config_client.put_configuration_recorder(
        ConfigurationRecorder={
            'name': 'default',
            'roleARN': 'arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/config-role',
            'recordingGroup': {
                'allSupported': True,
                'includeGlobalResourceTypes': True
            }
        }
    )

Set the delivery channel for AWS Config. This will specify where the AWS Config data will be delivered.

response = config_client.put_delivery_channel(
    DeliveryChannel={
        'name': 'default',
        's3BucketName': 'myconfigbucket',
        'configSnapshotDeliveryProperties': {
            'deliveryFrequency': 'TwentyFour_Hours'
        }
    }
)

Confirm that AWS Config is enabled.

response = config_client.describe_configuration_recorder_status()
if response['ConfigurationRecordersStatus'][0]['recording']:
    print('AWS Config is enabled.')

Note: Replace 123456789012 with your AWS account number and myconfigbucket with the name of your S3 bucket where you want to store the AWS Config data.

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