ControlTowerClient
These interfaces allow you to apply the Amazon Web Services library of pre-defined controls to your organizational units, programmatically. In Amazon Web Services Control Tower, the terms "control" and "guardrail" are synonyms.
To call these APIs, you'll need to know:
the
controlIdentifier
for the control--or guardrail--you are targeting.the ARN associated with the target organizational unit (OU), which we call the
targetIdentifier
.the ARN associated with a resource that you wish to tag or untag.
To get the controlIdentifier
for your Amazon Web Services Control Tower control:
The controlIdentifier
is an ARN that is specified for each control. You can view the controlIdentifier
in the console on the Control details page, as well as in the documentation.
The controlIdentifier
is unique in each Amazon Web Services Region for each control. You can find the controlIdentifier
for each Region and control in the Tables of control metadata in the Amazon Web Services Control Tower User Guide.
A quick-reference list of control identifers for the Amazon Web Services Control Tower legacy Strongly recommended and Elective controls is given in Resource identifiers for APIs and controls in the Controls reference guide section of the Amazon Web Services Control Tower User Guide. Remember that Mandatory controls cannot be added or removed.
ARN format:arn:aws:controltower:{REGION}::control/{CONTROL_NAME}
Example:
arn:aws:controltower:us-west-2::control/AWS-GR_AUTOSCALING_LAUNCH_CONFIG_PUBLIC_IP_DISABLED
To get the targetIdentifier
:
The targetIdentifier
is the ARN for an OU.
In the Amazon Web Services Organizations console, you can find the ARN for the OU on the Organizational unit details page associated with that OU.
OU ARN format:
arn:${Partition}:organizations::${MasterAccountId}:ou/o-${OrganizationId}/ou-${OrganizationalUnitId}
Details and examples
To view the open source resource repository on GitHub, see aws-cloudformation/aws-cloudformation-resource-providers-controltower
Recording API Requests
Amazon Web Services Control Tower supports Amazon Web Services CloudTrail, a service that records Amazon Web Services API calls for your Amazon Web Services account and delivers log files to an Amazon S3 bucket. By using information collected by CloudTrail, you can determine which requests the Amazon Web Services Control Tower service received, who made the request and when, and so on. For more about Amazon Web Services Control Tower and its support for CloudTrail, see Logging Amazon Web Services Control Tower Actions with Amazon Web Services CloudTrail in the Amazon Web Services Control Tower User Guide. To learn more about CloudTrail, including how to turn it on and find your log files, see the Amazon Web Services CloudTrail User Guide.
Functions
Creates a new landing zone. This API call starts an asynchronous operation that creates and configures a landing zone, based on the parameters specified in the manifest JSON file.
Decommissions a landing zone. This API call starts an asynchronous operation that deletes Amazon Web Services Control Tower resources deployed in accounts managed by Amazon Web Services Control Tower.
Disable an EnabledBaseline
resource on the specified Target. This API starts an asynchronous operation to remove all resources deployed as part of the baseline enablement. The resource will vary depending on the enabled baseline.
This API call turns off a control. It starts an asynchronous operation that deletes AWS resources on the specified organizational unit and the accounts it contains. The resources will vary according to the control that you specify. For usage examples, see the Amazon Web Services Control Tower User Guide.
Enable (apply) a Baseline
to a Target. This API starts an asynchronous operation to deploy resources specified by the Baseline
to the specified Target.
This API call activates a control. It starts an asynchronous operation that creates Amazon Web Services resources on the specified organizational unit and the accounts it contains. The resources created will vary according to the control that you specify. For usage examples, see the Amazon Web Services Control Tower User Guide.
Retrieve details about an existing Baseline
resource by specifying its identifier.
Returns the details of an asynchronous baseline operation, as initiated by any of these APIs: EnableBaseline
, DisableBaseline
, UpdateEnabledBaseline
, ResetEnabledBaseline
. A status message is displayed in case of operation failure.
Retrieve details of an EnabledBaseline
resource by specifying its identifier.
Returns details about the landing zone. Displays a message in case of error.
Returns the status of the specified landing zone operation. Details for an operation are available for 60 days.
Returns a summary list of all available baselines.
Returns a list of summaries describing EnabledBaseline
resources. You can filter the list by the corresponding Baseline
or Target
of the EnabledBaseline
resources.
Returns the landing zone ARN for the landing zone deployed in your managed account. This API also creates an ARN for existing accounts that do not yet have a landing zone ARN.
Re-enables an EnabledBaseline
resource. For example, this API can re-apply the existing Baseline
after a new member account is moved to the target OU.
This API call resets a landing zone. It starts an asynchronous operation that resets the landing zone to the parameters specified in its original configuration.
Updates an EnabledBaseline
resource's applied parameters or version.
Updates the configuration of an already enabled control.
This API call updates the landing zone. It starts an asynchronous operation that updates the landing zone based on the new landing zone version, or on the changed parameters specified in the updated manifest file.
Inherited functions
Creates a new landing zone. This API call starts an asynchronous operation that creates and configures a landing zone, based on the parameters specified in the manifest JSON file.
Decommissions a landing zone. This API call starts an asynchronous operation that deletes Amazon Web Services Control Tower resources deployed in accounts managed by Amazon Web Services Control Tower.
Disable an EnabledBaseline
resource on the specified Target. This API starts an asynchronous operation to remove all resources deployed as part of the baseline enablement. The resource will vary depending on the enabled baseline.
This API call turns off a control. It starts an asynchronous operation that deletes AWS resources on the specified organizational unit and the accounts it contains. The resources will vary according to the control that you specify. For usage examples, see the Amazon Web Services Control Tower User Guide.
Enable (apply) a Baseline
to a Target. This API starts an asynchronous operation to deploy resources specified by the Baseline
to the specified Target.
This API call activates a control. It starts an asynchronous operation that creates Amazon Web Services resources on the specified organizational unit and the accounts it contains. The resources created will vary according to the control that you specify. For usage examples, see the Amazon Web Services Control Tower User Guide.
Retrieve details about an existing Baseline
resource by specifying its identifier.
Returns the details of an asynchronous baseline operation, as initiated by any of these APIs: EnableBaseline
, DisableBaseline
, UpdateEnabledBaseline
, ResetEnabledBaseline
. A status message is displayed in case of operation failure.
Retrieve details of an EnabledBaseline
resource by specifying its identifier.
Returns details about the landing zone. Displays a message in case of error.
Returns the status of the specified landing zone operation. Details for an operation are available for 60 days.
Returns a summary list of all available baselines.
Returns a list of summaries describing EnabledBaseline
resources. You can filter the list by the corresponding Baseline
or Target
of the EnabledBaseline
resources.
Paginate over ListEnabledControlsResponse results.
Returns the landing zone ARN for the landing zone deployed in your managed account. This API also creates an ARN for existing accounts that do not yet have a landing zone ARN.
Re-enables an EnabledBaseline
resource. For example, this API can re-apply the existing Baseline
after a new member account is moved to the target OU.
This API call resets a landing zone. It starts an asynchronous operation that resets the landing zone to the parameters specified in its original configuration.
Updates an EnabledBaseline
resource's applied parameters or version.
Updates the configuration of an already enabled control.
This API call updates the landing zone. It starts an asynchronous operation that updates the landing zone based on the new landing zone version, or on the changed parameters specified in the updated manifest file.
Create a copy of the client with one or more configuration values overridden. This method allows the caller to perform scoped config overrides for one or more client operations.