awslabs/aws-config-rules

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A community repository of sample custom AWS Config rules written in Python, Node.js, and Java. These Lambda-based rules evaluate AWS resource configurations for compliance and can be deployed via the RDK tool or manually through AWS Lambda and AWS Config.

Use cases

• write custom compliance rules for AWS resources
• audit AWS account configuration for security best practices
• deploy AWS Config rules as Lambda functions
• check S3 bucket encryption or public access settings
• implement compliance-as-code on AWS
• find sample code for AWS Config rule development

When to choose

• you need ready-made examples of AWS Config custom rules
• you want to enforce organizational policies on AWS resource configurations
• you are building compliance checks with AWS Lambda and AWS Config
• you need reference implementations in Python, Node.js, or Java for Config rules

When to avoid

• you need a managed policy/compliance solution without writing code (use AWS Conformance Packs or AWS Security Hub)
• you are not using AWS
• you need a production framework for deploying rules at scale (consider aws-config-engine-for-compliance-as-code or RDKLib instead)
• you want continuous runtime monitoring rather than configuration evaluation

Facets

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security monitoring developer-tools cloud-computing security infrastructure-as-code cloud python jvm serverless aws-config compliance-as-code cloud-security sample-rules aws-lambda governance devops nodejs

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