---
title: "Start an AWS resource scan"
method: POST
path: "/cloud/aws/{name}/scan"
tags: ["Cloud"]
---

# Start an AWS resource scan

`POST /cloud/aws/{name}/scan`

## Request

- Base URL: `/v1` (relative, and the document was published on a file host, not at the API’s origin)
- URL: `/v1/cloud/aws/{name}/scan`
- Auth: none declared. Required headers: `X-Auth-Token`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/neuvector/apis/neuvector-api/docs/cloud/aws/:name/scan/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Path parameters

- `name` string, required

## Headers

- `X-Auth-Token` string, required

## Response `200`

Success

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