ec2-resources-protected-by-backup-plan
Checks if Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances are protected by a backup plan. The rule is NON_COMPLIANT if the Amazon EC2 instance is not covered by a backup plan.
Note
This rule is only applicable to running Amazon EC2 instances and not to instances that are powered down.
Identifier: EC2_RESOURCES_PROTECTED_BY_BACKUP_PLAN
Resource Types: AWS::EC2::Instance
Trigger type: Periodic
AWS Region: All supported AWS regions except US ISO West (Northern California), China (Beijing), Asia Pacific (Jakarta), US ISO East, Middle East (UAE), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), US ISOB East (Ohio), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), Israel (Tel Aviv), Canada West (Calgary), Europe (Spain), China (Ningxia), Europe (Zurich) Region
Parameters:
- resourceTags (Optional)
- Type: String
-
Tags for Amazon EC2 instances for the rule to check, in JSON format
{"tagkey" : "tagValue"}. - resourceId (Optional)
- Type: String
-
ID of Amazon EC2 instance 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
To create AWS Config managed rules with AWS CloudFormation templates, see Creating AWS Config Managed Rules With AWS CloudFormation Templates.
