Perform the following in the AWS Management Console:

1. Select the region you want to focus on in the top right of the console
2. Click Services
3. Click Config
4. Define which resources you want to record in the selected region
5. Choose to include global resources (IAM resources)
6. Specify an S3 bucket in the same account or in another managed AWS account
7. Create an SNS Topic from the same AWS account or another managed AWS account

API Call

aws configservice start-configuration-recorder

References:

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/config/latest/developerguide/gs-console.html