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rds-cluster-default-admin-check

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rds-cluster-default-admin-check - AWS Config

Checks if an Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) database cluster has changed the admin username from its default value. The rule is NON_COMPLIANT if the admin username is set to the default value.

Identifier: RDS_CLUSTER_DEFAULT_ADMIN_CHECK

Resource Types: AWS::RDS::DBCluster

Trigger type: Configuration changes

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

Parameters:

validAdminUserNames (Optional)
Type: CSV

Comma-separated list of admin username(s) that Amazon RDS clusters can use. Cannot include 'postgres' or 'admin' as valid username(s) as these are default values.

AWS CloudFormation template

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

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