ec2-resources-protected-by-backup-plan - AWS Config

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

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.