ec2-token-hop-limit-check - AWS Config

ec2-token-hop-limit-check

Checks if an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance metadata has a specified token hop limit that is below the desired limit. The rule is NON_COMPLIANT for an instance if it has a hop limit value above the intended limit.

Identifier: EC2_TOKEN_HOP_LIMIT_CHECK

Resource Types: AWS::EC2::Instance

Trigger type: Configuration changes

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), AWS GovCloud (US-East), AWS GovCloud (US-West), Israel (Tel Aviv), Canada West (Calgary), Europe (Spain), China (Ningxia), Europe (Zurich) Region

Parameters:

tokenHopLimit (Optional)
Type: int

The desired token hop limit. Valid values are between 1 and 64, both inclusive. Default value is 1 if parameter is not specified.

AWS CloudFormation template

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