cloudwatch-alarm-description

Checks if AWS CloudWatch Alarm resources contain an alarm description. The rule is NON_COMPLIANT if the CloudWatch Alarm resource does not contain an AlarmDescription field or the AlarmDescription is empty.

Identifier: CLOUDWATCH_ALARM_DESCRIPTION

Resource Types: AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm

Trigger type: Configuration changes

AWS Region: All supported AWS regions except Asia Pacific (New Zealand), China (Beijing), AWS GovCloud (US-East), AWS GovCloud (US-West), China (Ningxia) Region

Parameters:

None

AWS CloudFormation template

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