:doc:`ConfigService <../../config>` / Client / start_configuration_recorder

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start_configuration_recorder
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.. py:method:: ConfigService.Client.start_configuration_recorder(**kwargs)

  

  Starts the customer managed configuration recorder. The customer managed configuration recorder will begin recording configuration changes for the resource types you specify.

   

  You must have created a delivery channel to successfully start the customer managed configuration recorder. You can use the `PutDeliveryChannel <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/config/latest/APIReference/API_PutDeliveryChannel.html>`__ operation to create a delivery channel.

  

  See also: `AWS API Documentation <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/WebAPI/config-2014-11-12/StartConfigurationRecorder>`_  


  **Request Syntax**
  ::

    response = client.start_configuration_recorder(
        ConfigurationRecorderName='string'
    )
    
  :type ConfigurationRecorderName: string
  :param ConfigurationRecorderName: **[REQUIRED]** 

    The name of the customer managed configuration recorder that you want to start.

    

  
  
  :returns: None
  **Exceptions**
  
  *   :py:class:`ConfigService.Client.exceptions.NoSuchConfigurationRecorderException`

  
  *   :py:class:`ConfigService.Client.exceptions.NoAvailableDeliveryChannelException`

  
  *   :py:class:`ConfigService.Client.exceptions.UnmodifiableEntityException`

  