AWS RDS instance without Automatic Backup setting

Description

This check examines the attribute backup_retention_period this should have a value 1-35, and checks if its set to 0 which would disable the backup. This check is currently under review and maybe suppressed in future releases.

Code Example

resource "aws_rds_cluster" "test" {
  ...
+ backup_retention_period = 35
}

Remediation

Terraform

• Resource: aws_rds_cluster
• Arguments: backup_retention_period

Rule Details

Field	Value
ID	IAC-0183
Severity	LOW
IaC Type	Terraform
Frameworks	Terraform, TerraformPlan
Checkov ID	CKV_AWS_133

References

• Checkov Rule

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