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Refactor the AWS scanner to scan for _all_ resource types, instead of specific ones #575
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@earmenda can you note here what is possible to get when scanning an entire AWS account? |
I was able to find a full list of resource types which are supported by the resource tagging api here - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/resourcegroupstagging/latest/APIReference/supported-services.html I also did some testing and was able to see what that looks like using this command:
This returned 450 arns for our account with id 658462651023. This includes all sorts of things which I added to a page internally - https://ethyca.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/EN/pages/2343862301/AWS+Resource+Tagging+Api There is some downsides to this approach:
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Interesting, 450 seems like a lot! If we think about the foundational reason for this feature's existence, its to help people find systems within their AWS infrastructure. Maybe a good route to go here is to list all of the AWS resources that could potentially be a |
Is your feature request related to a specific problem?
Currently, the AWS scanner can only return a narrow set of resource types
Describe the solution you'd like
The AWS scanner should reply resources of all types
Describe alternatives you've considered, if any
A description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered.
Additional context
There seems to be an additional API that enables this (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44391817/is-there-a-way-to-list-all-resources-in-aws)
We need:
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