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elasticache-supported-engine-version

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elasticache-supported-engine-version - AWS Config

Checks if ElastiCache clusters are running a version greater or equal to the recommended engine version. The rule is NON_COMPLIANT if the 'EngineVersion' for an ElastiCache cluster is less than the specified recommended version for its given engine.

Identifier: ELASTICACHE_SUPPORTED_ENGINE_VERSION

Resource Types: AWS::ElastiCache::CacheCluster

Trigger type: Periodic

AWS Region: All supported AWS regions except China (Beijing), Asia Pacific (Thailand), Middle East (UAE), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), AWS GovCloud (US-East), AWS GovCloud (US-West), Mexico (Central), Israel (Tel Aviv), Canada West (Calgary), Europe (Spain), China (Ningxia), Europe (Zurich) Region

Parameters:

latestMemcachedVersion
Type: String

The latest recommended engine version for Memcached. Valid values are in semantic versioning (SemVer) format with 3-component number for major, minor, and patch versions (for example, 1.6.6, not 1.6).

latestRedisVersion
Type: String

The latest recommended engine version for Redis. Valid values are in semantic versioning (SemVer) format with 3-component number for major, minor, and patch versions (for example, 7.0.5, not 7.0).

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To create AWS Config managed rules with AWS CloudFormation templates, see Creating AWS Config Managed Rules With AWS CloudFormation Templates.

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