ec2-stopped-instance
Checks if there are Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances stopped for more than the allowed number of days. The rule is NON_COMPLIANT if the state of an Amazon EC2 instance has been stopped for longer than the allowed number of days, or if the amount of time cannot be determined.
Identifier: EC2_STOPPED_INSTANCE
Resource Types: AWS::EC2::Instance
Trigger type: Periodic
AWS Region: All supported AWS regions except US ISO West (Northern California), Africa (Cape Town), US ISO East, Middle East (UAE), Asia Pacific (Osaka), US ISOB East (Ohio), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), Europe (Milan), Israel (Tel Aviv), Canada West (Calgary) Region
Parameters:
- AllowedDays (Optional)
- Type: int
- Default: 30
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The number of days an Amazon EC2 instance can be stopped before the rule is NON_COMPLIANT. The default number of days is 30.
Note
The number of days selected needs to be less than the configured retention period since this rule relies on the historical data collected. For more information about historical data retention, see Deleting AWS Config Data.
AWS CloudFormation template
To create AWS Config managed rules with AWS CloudFormation templates, see Creating AWS Config Managed Rules With AWS CloudFormation Templates.
