**To get the compliance summary for all resource types** The following command returns the number of AWS resources that are noncompliant and the number that are compliant:: aws configservice get-compliance-summary-by-resource-type In the output, the value for each ``CappedCount`` attribute indicates how many resources are compliant or noncompliant. Output:: { "ComplianceSummariesByResourceType": [ { "ComplianceSummary": { "NonCompliantResourceCount": { "CappedCount": 16, "CapExceeded": false }, "ComplianceSummaryTimestamp": 1453237464.543, "CompliantResourceCount": { "CappedCount": 10, "CapExceeded": false } } } ] } **To get the compliance summary for a specific resource type** The following command returns the number of EC2 instances that are noncompliant and the number that are compliant:: aws configservice get-compliance-summary-by-resource-type --resource-types AWS::EC2::Instance In the output, the value for each ``CappedCount`` attribute indicates how many resources are compliant or noncompliant. Output:: { "ComplianceSummariesByResourceType": [ { "ResourceType": "AWS::EC2::Instance", "ComplianceSummary": { "NonCompliantResourceCount": { "CappedCount": 3, "CapExceeded": false }, "ComplianceSummaryTimestamp": 1452204923.518, "CompliantResourceCount": { "CappedCount": 7, "CapExceeded": false } } } ] }