Management
AWS Config
- Timenot billed
- Bytesnot billed
- Callsbilled
In one line
Configuration items recorded and rule evaluations run. Churny resources dominate.
What gets missed
Recording all resource types bills a configuration item on every change to noisy resources. Conformance packs bill per resource per rule, so one pack rolled out org-wide multiplies fast.
Find it on your bill
Filter Cost Explorer or your Cost and Usage Report by these usage types. A usage type with no region prefix means us-east-1.
ConfigurationItemRecordedConfigRuleEvaluationsConformancePackEvaluations
Bills the same way
These services turn exactly the same meters, so what you learn here transfers.