This is a fundamental element of AWS Config and is essentially a JSON file containing point-in-time snapshot information on the configuration data of attributes of a specific AWS resource within your environment that is supported by AWS Config (a full list of supported resources can be found at https://docs.aws.amazon.com/config/latest/developerguide/resource-config-reference.html).
These attributes include its current configuration, any direct relationships the resource has with other resources, metadata, and events. A new CI is updated every time a change is made on that resource, for example, when a create, update, or delete API call is made against the resource.
To understand more about the construct of a CI, a table containing a list of components of a CI can be found within the AWS documentation at https://docs.aws.amazon.com/config/latest/developerguide/config-item-table.html. Let's go over the components one by one:
- The Metadata section contains...
