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AWS General Reference Reference guide Table of Contents AWS General Reference...................................................................................................................... 1 AWS security credentials..................................................................................................................... 2 AWS Builder ID.......................................................................................................................... 2 AWS tools and services....................................................................................................... 2 Working with your AWS Builder ID ....................................................................................... 3 Region availability.............................................................................................................. 9 Privacy and data ................................................................................................................ 9 Troubleshooting AWS Builder ID .......................................................................................... 9 AWS Builder ID and other AWS credentials .......................................................................... 12 AWS users............................................................................................................................... 12 Root user credentials ........................................................................................................ 13 IAM credentials................................................................................................................ 13 Access your AWS account .......................................................................................................... 13 AWS Management Console sign-in page .............................................................................. 14 AWS access portal sign-in page .......................................................................................... 14 Federated identity............................................................................................................ 14 Multi-factor authentication (MFA) ....................................................................................... 15 Programmatic access........................................................................................................ 15 AWS security audit guidelines .................................................................................................... 17 When you should perform a security audit .......................................................................... 17 Guidelines for auditing...................................................................................................... 18 Review your AWS account credentials ................................................................................. 18 Review your IAM users ...................................................................................................... 18 Review your IAM groups .................................................................................................... 19 Review your IAM roles ...................................................................................................... 19 Review your IAM providers for SAML and OpenID Connect (OIDC) ........................................... 19 Review Your mobile apps .................................................................................................. 19 Review your Amazon EC2 security configuration ................................................................... 19 Review AWS policies in other services ................................................................................. 20 Monitor activity in your AWS account ................................................................................. 20 Tips for reviewing IAM policies ........................................................................................... 20 Learn more...................................................................................................................... 21 AWS resources................................................................................................................................. 23 AWS service endpoints.............................................................................................................. 23 Regional endpoints........................................................................................................... 23 Global endpoints.............................................................................................................. 25 View the service endpoints ................................................................................................ 25 FIPS endpoints................................................................................................................. 25 Learn more...................................................................................................................... 26 Managing AWS Regions............................................................................................................. 26 Enabling a Region ............................................................................................................ 26 Disabling a Region ............................................................................................................ 27 Describing your Regions using the AWS CLI ......................................................................... 28 AWS service quotas.................................................................................................................. 28 Tagging AWS resources ............................................................................................................. 29 Best practices.................................................................................................................. 29 Tagging categories........................................................................................................... 30 Tag naming limits and requirements ................................................................................... 31 Common tagging strategies............................................................................................... 31 Tagging governance.......................................................................................................... 32 Learn more...................................................................................................................... 33 Amazon Resource Names (ARNs)................................................................................................ 33 ARN format..................................................................................................................... 33 Look up the ARN format for a resource ............................................................................... 34 Version 1.0 iii AWS General Reference Reference guide Paths in ARNs .................................................................................................................. 34 Service endpoints and quotas............................................................................................................ 36 Alexa for Business.................................................................................................................... 42 Service endpoints............................................................................................................. 42 Service quotas................................................................................................................. 42 Amplify................................................................................................................................... 43 Amplify endpoints............................................................................................................ 43 Amplify Studio (backend) endpoints ................................................................................... 44 Amplify Studio (UI Builder) endpoints ................................................................................. 45 Amplify Service quotas ..................................................................................................... 47 Amplify Studio (UI Builder) Service quotas .......................................................................... 48 API Gateway............................................................................................................................ 48 Service endpoints............................................................................................................. 48 Service quotas................................................................................................................. 52 AWS AppConfig ........................................................................................................................ 55 Service endpoints............................................................................................................. 56 Service quotas................................................................................................................. 60 App Mesh................................................................................................................................ 61 Service endpoints............................................................................................................. 61 Service quotas................................................................................................................. 65 App Runner............................................................................................................................. 66 Service endpoints............................................................................................................. 66 Service quotas................................................................................................................. 67 Amazon AppFlow..................................................................................................................... 67 Service endpoints............................................................................................................. 68 Service quotas................................................................................................................. 69 Application Auto Scaling........................................................................................................... 73 Service endpoints............................................................................................................. 73 Service quotas................................................................................................................. 75 Application Discovery Service ..................................................................................................... 78 Service endpoints............................................................................................................. 78 Service quotas................................................................................................................. 78 Application Migration Service ..................................................................................................... 79 Service endpoints............................................................................................................. 79 Service quotas................................................................................................................. 81 Amazon AppStream 2.0............................................................................................................ 82 Service endpoints............................................................................................................. 82 Service quotas................................................................................................................. 83 AWS AppSync.......................................................................................................................... 92 Service endpoints............................................................................................................. 92 Service quotas................................................................................................................. 95 Athena.................................................................................................................................... 97 Service endpoints............................................................................................................. 97 Service quotas................................................................................................................. 99 Audit Manager....................................................................................................................... 100 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 100 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 101 Amazon A2I........................................................................................................................... 101 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 102 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 102 Amazon Aurora...................................................................................................................... 103 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 103 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 107 AWS Auto Scaling ................................................................................................................... 109 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 109 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 111 AWS Backup.......................................................................................................................... 112 Version 1.0 iv AWS General Reference Reference guide Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 112 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 113 AWS Batch............................................................................................................................. 115 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 115 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 117 Billing and Cost Management.................................................................................................. 117 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 118 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 121 Braket................................................................................................................................... 121 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 121 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 121 AWS BugBust......................................................................................................................... 130 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 131 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 131 ACM...................................................................................................................................... 131 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 131 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 133 AWS Private CA ...................................................................................................................... 134 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 134 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 136 AWS Chatbot......................................................................................................................... 139 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 140 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 141 Amazon Chime....................................................................................................................... 142 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 142 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 142 Amazon Chime SDK ................................................................................................................ 142 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 143 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 145 Cloud Control API ................................................................................................................... 153 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 153 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 155 AWS Cloud9........................................................................................................................... 155 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 155 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 157 Cloud Directory...................................................................................................................... 157 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 158 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 158 CloudFormation...................................................................................................................... 158 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 159 StackSets regional support .............................................................................................. 160 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 162 CloudFront............................................................................................................................. 164 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 164 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 165 AWS CloudHSM...................................................................................................................... 171 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 171 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 173 AWS Cloud Map ..................................................................................................................... 174 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 174 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 177 Amazon CloudSearch.............................................................................................................. 177 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 177 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 178 CloudShell............................................................................................................................. 179 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 179 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 180 Version 1.0 v AWS General Reference Reference guide CloudTrail.............................................................................................................................. 181 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 181 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 183 CloudWatch........................................................................................................................... 184 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 184 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 186 CloudWatch Application Insights .............................................................................................. 191 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 192 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 193 CloudWatch Events................................................................................................................. 194 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 194 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 196 Amazon CloudWatch Internet Monitor ....................................................................................... 198 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 198 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 200 CloudWatch Logs.................................................................................................................... 200 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 200 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 202 CloudWatch Synthetics............................................................................................................ 206 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 207 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 209 CodeArtifact.......................................................................................................................... 209 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 209 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 210 CodeBuild.............................................................................................................................. 211 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 212 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 213 Amazon CodeCatalyst............................................................................................................. 214 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 214 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 214 CodeCommit.......................................................................................................................... 214 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 215 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 217 CodeDeploy........................................................................................................................... 217 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 217 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 219 CodeGuru Profiler................................................................................................................... 222 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 222 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 223 CodeGuru Reviewer................................................................................................................. 223 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 223 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 224 CodePipeline.......................................................................................................................... 224 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 224 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 226 AWS CodeStar........................................................................................................................ 228 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 228 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 229 AWS CodeStar Notifications ..................................................................................................... 229 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 230 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 231 Amazon Cognito Identity ......................................................................................................... 231 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 231 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 234 Amazon Cognito Sync ............................................................................................................. 242 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 242 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 243 Version 1.0 vi AWS General Reference Reference guide Amazon Comprehend .............................................................................................................. 244 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 244 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 245 Amazon Comprehend Medical .................................................................................................. 253 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 253 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 254 Compute Optimizer................................................................................................................ 256 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 257 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 258 AWS Config ........................................................................................................................... 258 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 258 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 260 Amazon Connect.................................................................................................................... 262 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 262 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 266 AWS Data Exchange ................................................................................................................ 281 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 282 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 282 Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager ............................................................................................... 286 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 286 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 288 AWS Data Pipeline .................................................................................................................. 288 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 288 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 289 DataSync............................................................................................................................... 290 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 290 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 292 AWS DMS.............................................................................................................................. 292 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 292 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 294 AWS DeepLens....................................................................................................................... 296 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 296 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 296 AWS DeepRacer...................................................................................................................... 297 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 297 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 297 Detective............................................................................................................................... 297 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 297 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 299 DevOps Guru.......................................................................................................................... 299 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 299 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 300 Device Farm........................................................................................................................... 301 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 301 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 301 AWS Direct Connect ................................................................................................................ 302 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 302 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 304 AWS Directory Service ............................................................................................................. 305 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 305 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 307 Amazon DocumentDB............................................................................................................. 307 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 308 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 309 DynamoDB............................................................................................................................. 310 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 310 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 315 Version 1.0 vii AWS General Reference Reference guide Elastic Beanstalk..................................................................................................................... 318 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 318 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 322 Amazon EBS .......................................................................................................................... 322 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 322 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 327 Recycle Bin............................................................................................................................ 332 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 333 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 335 Amazon EC2.......................................................................................................................... 335 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 335 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 337 Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling ....................................................................................................... 348 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 348 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 350 EC2 Image Builder .................................................................................................................. 351 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 351 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 353 EC2 Instance Connect ............................................................................................................. 354 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 355 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 356 Amazon ECR.......................................................................................................................... 356 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 356 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 360 Amazon ECR Public ................................................................................................................. 364 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 364 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 364 Amazon ECS .......................................................................................................................... 366 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 367 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 369 AWS Fargate quotas ........................................................................................................ 371 Amazon EKS.......................................................................................................................... 371 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 372 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 373 AWS Fargate service quotas ............................................................................................. 374 Amazon EFS ........................................................................................................................... 375 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 376 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 378 Elastic Inference..................................................................................................................... 380 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 381 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 381 Elastic Load Balancing............................................................................................................. 381 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 381 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 384 Elastic Transcoder................................................................................................................... 385 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 385 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 386 Elastic Disaster Recovery ......................................................................................................... 387 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 387 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 389 ElastiCache............................................................................................................................ 389 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 389 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 391 Amazon MemoryDB for Redis ................................................................................................... 392 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 393 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 394 Amazon EMR......................................................................................................................... 394 Version 1.0 viii AWS General Reference Reference guide Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 394 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 396 EventBridge........................................................................................................................... 405 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 405 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 407 EventBridge Scheduler............................................................................................................ 407 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 408 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 408 EventBridge Schemas.............................................................................................................. 410 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 411 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 412 FinSpace................................................................................................................................ 412 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 413 AWS FIS................................................................................................................................ 414 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 414 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 415 Firewall Manager.................................................................................................................... 416 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 417 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 418 Forecast................................................................................................................................ 421 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 421 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 423 Amazon Fraud Detector ........................................................................................................... 426 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 426 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 427 FreeRTOS............................................................................................................................... 428 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 428 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 431 Amazon FSx........................................................................................................................... 431 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 431 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 433 GameLift............................................................................................................................... 437 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 437 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 438 GameSparks........................................................................................................................... 440 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 440 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 440 S3 Glacier.............................................................................................................................. 441 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 441 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 443 Global Accelerator.................................................................................................................. 444 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 444 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 444 AWS Glue.............................................................................................................................. 445 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 446 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 447 Amazon Managed Grafana ....................................................................................................... 450 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 450 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 451 DataBrew............................................................................................................................... 452 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 453 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 454 AWS Ground Station ............................................................................................................... 455 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 455 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 456 GuardDuty............................................................................................................................. 457 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 457 Version 1.0 ix AWS General Reference Reference guide Service quotas................................................................................................................ 459 AWS Health........................................................................................................................... 460 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 460 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 460 HealthLake............................................................................................................................ 460 Regions and endpoints for Amazon HealthLake .................................................................. 460 Throttling and quotas for Amazon HealthLake ................................................................... 461 .................................................................................................................................... 461 Amazon Honeycode................................................................................................................ 461 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 462 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 462 IAM....................................................................................................................................... 462 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 462 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 464 IAM Access Analyzer ............................................................................................................... 466 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 466 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 468 IAM Roles Anywhere ............................................................................................................... 469 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 469 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 471 Incident Manager.................................................................................................................... 472 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 472 Service quotas.............................................................................................................. 475 Amazon Inspector................................................................................................................... 479 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 480 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 481 Amazon Inspector Classic ........................................................................................................ 481 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 481 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 482 AWS IoT 1-Click ..................................................................................................................... 483 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 483 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 484 AWS IoT Analytics .................................................................................................................. 487 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 487 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 487 AWS IoT Core ......................................................................................................................... 489 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 489 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 497 AWS IoT Device Defender ........................................................................................................ 546 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 546 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 547 AWS IoT Device Management ................................................................................................... 556 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 557 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 565 AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN ..................................................................................................... 584 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 489 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 587 AWS IoT Events ...................................................................................................................... 597 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 597 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 599 AWS IoT FleetWise .................................................................................................................. 601 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 601 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 601 AWS IoT Greengrass V1 ........................................................................................................... 603 Service endpoints........................................................................................................... 603 Service quotas................................................................................................................ 607 AWS IoT Greengrass V2 ........................................................................................................... 609 Version 1.0 x