# aurora-resources-protected-by-backup-plan
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Checks if Amazon Aurora DB clusters are protected by a backup plan. The rule is NON\$1COMPLIANT if the Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Database Cluster is not protected by a backup plan. 



**Identifier:** AURORA\$1RESOURCES\$1PROTECTED\$1BY\$1BACKUP\$1PLAN

**Resource Types:** AWS::RDS::DBCluster

**Trigger type:** Periodic

**AWS Region:** All supported AWS regions except Asia Pacific (New Zealand), China (Beijing), Asia Pacific (Thailand), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), Mexico (Central), Israel (Tel Aviv), Asia Pacific (Taipei), Canada West (Calgary), China (Ningxia) Region

**Parameters:**

resourceTags (Optional)Type: String  
Tags of Aurora DB clusters for the rule to check, in JSON format `{"tagkey" : "tagValue"}`.

resourceId (Optional)Type: String  
ID of Aurora DB cluster for the rule to check.

crossRegionList (Optional)Type: String  
Comma-separated list of destination regions for the cross-region backup copy to be kept

crossAccountList (Optional)Type: String  
Comma-separated list of destination accounts for cross-account backup copy to be kept

maxRetentionDays (Optional)Type: int  
The maximum retention period in days for the Backup Vault Lock

minRetentionDays (Optional)Type: int  
The minimum retention period in days for the Backup Vault Lock

backupVaultLockCheck (Optional)Type: String  
Accepted values: 'True' or 'False'. Enter 'True' for the rule to check if the resource is backed up in a locked vault

## AWS CloudFormation template
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To create AWS Config managed rules with AWS CloudFormation templates, see [Creating AWS Config Managed Rules With AWS CloudFormation Templates](aws-config-managed-rules-cloudformation-templates.md).