You might be running multiple Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) in your AWS account to host different workloads and applications. Finding out which resource belongs to which VPC can be quite difficult when navigating the user interface in the AWS Console.
If you want to identify which resources are located under which VPC on your AWS account. You can do this by using the AWS Console and the AWS CLI.
To successfully find and list all AWS resources in a VPC you need to enable AWS Config on your account. AWS Config is a service that provides you with information on the configuration of the active AWS resources in your AWS account.
Then you need to use a feature called Advanced queries in AWS Config.
This feature provides a single query endpoint that allows you to use a query language to fetch the state of your AWS resources in one or more AWS accounts.
Press the New query button to start querying AWS Config. Then run the following query:
SELECT
resourceId,
resourceName,
resourceType,
tags,
availabilityZone
WHERE
relationships.resourceId = 'vpc-0ded1c524768bfc52'Replace 'vpc-0ded1c524768bfc52' with your VPC ID.
This will return all resources, including their id, name, type, tags, and availability zone that are related to your VPC ID.
You can choose to export the results as a JSON or CSV file for further processing.
To make use of the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) with your AWS account to run commands you should set up the required CLI tool and AWS profile first.
Use the same query as we’ve used in the AWS Console but prefix it with the respective AWS Config service command:
aws configservice select-resource-config --expression "SELECT resourceId, resourceName, resourceType, tags, availabilityZone WHERE relationships.resourceId='vpc-0ded1c524768bfc52'"This will return all the AWS resources that are currently active in your Amazon VPC.
Output:
"Results": [
"{\"resourceId\":\"acl-092a0e2c5b07b9247\",\"availabilityZone\":\"Multiple Availability Zones\",\"tags\":[],\"resourceType\":\"AWS::EC2::NetworkAcl\"}",
"{\"resourceId\":\"arn:aws:cloudformation:eu-central-1:012345678912:stack/test-cloudNation-vpc/d8d995f0-543d-11ed-8f3d-026d4bea47f6\",\"resourceName\":\"test-cloudNation-vpc\",\"availabilityZone\":\"Regional>
"{\"resourceId\":\"eni-01e24b83617a07dd2\",\"availabilityZone\":\"eu-central-1b\",\"tags\":[],\"resourceType\":\"AWS::EC2::NetworkInterface\"}",
"{\"resourceId\":\"eni-0407590302acdec8a\",\"availabilityZone\":\"eu-central-1a\",\"tags\":[],\"resourceType\":\"AWS::EC2::NetworkInterface\"}",
"{\"resourceId\":\"eni-053432ae4c7cd89c2\",\"availabilityZone\":\"eu-central-1b\",\"tags\":[],\"resourceType\":\"AWS::EC2::NetworkInterface\"}",
"{\"resourceId\":\"eni-0605eff823362cc39\",\"availabilityZone\":\"eu-central-1a\",\"tags\":[],\"resourceType\":\"AWS::EC2::NetworkInterface\"}",
"{\"resourceId\":\"eni-06a13f3838f940f8e\",\"availabilityZone\":\"eu-central-1a\",\"tags\":[],\"resourceType\":\"AWS::EC2::NetworkInterface\"}",
"{\"resourceId\":\"eni-088be0e467c003785\",\"availabilityZone\":\"eu-central-1c\",\"tags\":[],\"resourceType\":\"AWS::EC2::NetworkInterface\"}",
"{\"resourceId\":\"eni-0a55d9aef825f1d97\",\"availabilityZone\":\"eu-central-1c\",\"tags\":[],\"resourceType\":\"AWS::EC2::NetworkInterface\"}",
"{\"resourceId\":\"eni-0d762e4ea5d10589b\",\"availabilityZone\":\"eu-central-1b\",\"tags\":[],\"resourceType\":\"AWS::EC2::NetworkInterface\"}",
"{\"resourceId\":\"i-01b3ecb949db2b2f4\",\"availabilityZone\":\"eu-central-1b\",\"tags\":[{\"tag\":\"PreventCleanup\\u003dPlease\",\"value\":\"Please\",\"key\":\"PreventCleanup\"},{\"tag\":\"aws:cloudformati>
"{\"resourceId\":\"i-025888f3bcbef23ef\",\"availabilityZone\":\"eu-central-1a\",\"tags\":[{\"tag\":\"PreventCleanup\\u003dPlease\",\"value\":\"Please\",\"key\":\"PreventCleanup\"},{\"tag\":\"aws:cloudformati>
"{\"resourceId\":\"i-0e7795e95ec60e65c\",\"availabilityZone\":\"eu-central-1c\",\"tags\":[{\"tag\":\"PreventCleanup\\u003dPlease\",\"value\":\"Please\",\"key\":\"PreventCleanup\"},{\"tag\":\"aws:cloudformati>
"{\"resourceId\":\"igw-0844a6a25180a154c\",\"availabilityZone\":\"Multiple Availability Zones\",\"tags\":[{\"tag\":\"PreventCleanup\\u003dPlease\",\"value\":\"Please\",\"key\":\"PreventCleanup\"},{\"tag\":\">
"{\"resourceId\":\"rds:test-cloudnation-rds-serverlessclustera5ed910e-2i3epvn90ajv-2022-10-28-22-20\",\"resourceName\":\"rds:test-cloudnation-rds-serverlessclustera5ed910e-2i3epvn90ajv-2022-10-28-22-20\",\"a>
"{\"resourceId\":\"rds:test-cloudnation-rds-serverlessclustera5ed910e-2i3epvn90ajv-2022-10-29-22-20\",\"resourceName\":\"rds:test-cloudnation-rds-serverlessclustera5ed910e-2i3epvn90ajv-2022-10-29-22-20\",\"a>
"{\"resourceId\":\"rtb-001f2cbba7e9271d4\",\"availabilityZone\":\"Not Applicable\",\"tags\":[{\"tag\":\"PreventCleanup\\u003dPlease\",\"value\":\"Please\",\"key\":\"PreventCleanup\"},{\"tag\":\"aws:cloudform>
"{\"resourceId\":\"rtb-00e069ff6195fe0bc\",\"availabilityZone\":\"Not Applicable\",\"tags\":[{\"tag\":\"PreventCleanup\\u003dPlease\",\"value\":\"Please\",\"key\":\"PreventCleanup\"},{\"tag\":\"aws:cloudform>
"{\"resourceId\":\"rtb-02ed380487af3d753\",\"availabilityZone\":\"Not Applicable\",\"tags\":[{\"tag\":\"PreventCleanup\\u003dPlease\",\"value\":\"Please\",\"key\":\"PreventCleanup\"},{\"tag\":\"aws:cloudform>
"{\"resourceId\":\"rtb-0499d4530876c98cb\",\"availabilityZone\":\"Not Applicable\",\"tags\":[{\"tag\":\"PreventCleanup\\u003dPlease\",\"value\":\"Please\",\"key\":\"PreventCleanup\"},{\"tag\":\"aws:cloudform>
"{\"resourceId\":\"rtb-07ccadedb41fc2c8b\",\"availabilityZone\":\"Not Applicable\",\"tags\":[{\"tag\":\"PreventCleanup\\u003dPlease\",\"value\":\"Please\",\"key\":\"PreventCleanup\"},{\"tag\":\"aws:cloudform>
"{\"resourceId\":\"rtb-0adb4dc7019440577\",\"availabilityZone\":\"Not Applicable\",\"tags\":[{\"tag\":\"PreventCleanup\\u003dPlease\",\"value\":\"Please\",\"key\":\"PreventCleanup\"},{\"tag\":\"aws:cloudform>
"{\"resourceId\":\"rtb-0b1748558ede7296b\",\"availabilityZone\":\"Not Applicable\",\"tags\":[],\"resourceType\":\"AWS::EC2::RouteTable\"}",
"{\"resourceId\":\"rtb-0c499abb3a009a3cb\",\"availabilityZone\":\"Not Applicable\",\"tags\":[{\"tag\":\"PreventCleanup\\u003dPlease\",\"value\":\"Please\",\"key\":\"PreventCleanup\"},{\"tag\":\"aws:cloudform>
"{\"resourceId\":\"rtb-0c58f158336312ec9\",\"availabilityZone\":\"Not Applicable\",\"tags\":[{\"tag\":\"PreventCleanup\\u003dPlease\",\"value\":\"Please\",\"key\":\"PreventCleanup\"},{\"tag\":\"aws:cloudform>
"{\"resourceId\":\"rtb-0d1896478397525fa\",\"availabilityZone\":\"Not Applicable\",\"tags\":[{\"tag\":\"PreventCleanup\\u003dPlease\",\"value\":\"Please\",\"key\":\"PreventCleanup\"},{\"tag\":\"aws:cloudform>
"{\"resourceId\":\"sg-0316ae9b332eea428\",\"resourceName\":\"test-cloudNation-rds-serverlessClusterSecurityGroup15CA2923-6YX0ISL2DN66\",\"availabilityZone\":\"Not Applicable\",\"tags\":[{\"tag\":\"PreventCle>
"{\"resourceId\":\"sg-0601ef39f9e2f00f0\",\"resourceName\":\"default\",\"availabilityZone\":\"Not Applicable\",\"tags\":[],\"resourceType\":\"AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup\"}",
"{\"resourceId\":\"sg-0b7bbe3c4f3c766bd\",\"resourceName\":\"test-cloudNation-rds-serverlessClusterRotationSingleUserSecurityGroup0ED2D348-1QZEBFUNOV0W2\",\"availabilityZone\":\"Not Applicable\",\"tags\":[{\>
"{\"resourceId\":\"sg-0c35f9949d1b6f560\",\"resourceName\":\"test-cloudNation-vpc-skeletonVPCNatSecurityGroup08D55A09-LCFW3O99AQ9G\",\"availabilityZone\":\"Not Applicable\",\"tags\":[{\"tag\":\"PreventCleanu>
"{\"resourceId\":\"subnet-03a6f432748d890f3\",\"availabilityZone\":\"eu-central-1a\",\"tags\":[{\"tag\":\"aws-cdk:subnet-type\\u003dPrivate\",\"value\":\"Private\",\"key\":\"aws-cdk:subnet-type\"},{\"tag\":\>
"{\"resourceId\":\"subnet-03b8f6b3857518c5c\",\"availabilityZone\":\"eu-central-1b\",\"tags\":[{\"tag\":\"PreventCleanup\\u003dPlease\",\"value\":\"Please\",\"key\":\"PreventCleanup\"},{\"tag\":\"aws-cdk:sub>
"{\"resourceId\":\"subnet-03bacdfcf6aebd3a0\",\"availabilityZone\":\"eu-central-1c\",\"tags\":[{\"tag\":\"aws-cdk:subnet-type\\u003dIsolated\",\"value\":\"Isolated\",\"key\":\"aws-cdk:subnet-type\"},{\"tag\">
"{\"resourceId\":\"subnet-04d6740bc3b0e6d41\",\"availabilityZone\":\"eu-central-1a\",\"tags\":[{\"tag\":\"PreventCleanup\\u003dPlease\",\"value\":\"Please\",\"key\":\"PreventCleanup\"},{\"tag\":\"aws-cdk:sub>
"{\"resourceId\":\"subnet-0585664f00805edef\",\"availabilityZone\":\"eu-central-1b\",\"tags\":[{\"tag\":\"PreventCleanup\\u003dPlease\",\"value\":\"Please\",\"key\":\"PreventCleanup\"},{\"tag\":\"aws-cdk:sub>
"{\"resourceId\":\"subnet-07a88b6e19ddf738d\",\"availabilityZone\":\"eu-central-1a\",\"tags\":[{\"tag\":\"aws-cdk:subnet-type\\u003dPublic\",\"value\":\"Public\",\"key\":\"aws-cdk:subnet-type\"},{\"tag\":\"P>
"{\"resourceId\":\"subnet-0ae66b47932af7ab2\",\"availabilityZone\":\"eu-central-1c\",\"tags\":[{\"tag\":\"aws-cdk:subnet-type\\u003dPublic\",\"value\":\"Public\",\"key\":\"aws-cdk:subnet-type\"},{\"tag\":\"P>
"{\"resourceId\":\"subnet-0bbcabe50c52f90f3\",\"availabilityZone\":\"eu-central-1b\",\"tags\":[{\"tag\":\"aws-cdk:subnet-type\\u003dPrivate\",\"value\":\"Private\",\"key\":\"aws-cdk:subnet-type\"},{\"tag\":\>
"{\"resourceId\":\"subnet-0cb34da28adb8d560\",\"availabilityZone\":\"eu-central-1c\",\"tags\":[{\"tag\":\"PreventCleanup\\u003dPlease\",\"value\":\"Please\",\"key\":\"PreventCleanup\"},{\"tag\":\"aws-cdk:sub>
"{\"resourceId\":\"test-cloudnation-rds-serverlessclustersubnetsbca74b96-ckxoi2t5hhjy\",\"resourceName\":\"test-cloudnation-rds-serverlessclustersubnetsbca74b96-ckxoi2t5hhjy\",\"availabilityZone\":\"Multiple>
"{\"resourceId\":\"vpce-05961844e052082a6\",\"availabilityZone\":\"Not Applicable\",\"tags\":[],\"resourceType\":\"AWS::EC2::VPCEndpoint\"}",
"{\"resourceId\":\"vpce-0beee10c8a718c923\",\"availabilityZone\":\"Not Applicable\",\"tags\":[],\"resourceType\":\"AWS::EC2::VPCEndpoint\"}"
],
"QueryInfo": {
"SelectFields": [
{
"Name": "resourceId"
},
{
"Name": "resourceName"
},
{
"Name": "resourceType"
},
{
"Name": "tags"
},
{
"Name": "availabilityZone"
}
]
}
}
This is how you can list all resources from a certain VPC in an AWS account using the Advanced queries feature from AWS Config in the AWS Console and the AWS CLI.