AWS Config Rule: ELB Deletion Protection Enabled

ELB_DELETION_PROTECTION_ENABLED

Fernando Honig

Last Update 5 bulan yang lalu

Description: Checks if Elastic Load Balancing has deletion protection enabled. The rule is NON_COMPLIANT if deletion_protection.enabled is false.


Trigger type: Configuration changes


AWS Region: All supported AWS regions except Asia Pacific (Osaka), Israel (Tel Aviv), Europe (Spain) Region


How to Resolve Manually

To resolve this manually, sign up to your AWS Management Console and go to EC2.


In your left menu, go to Load Balancers under Load Balancing.


Select the NON_COMPLIANT Load Balancer and go to Actions. Click Edit attributes


Click on Enable on the Delete protection option like indicated below:


How to Resolve with StackZone 

You can resolve with StackZone automatically and every new Load Balancer that is created in all accounts and enabled regions will be protected against deletion.


Go to Baseline Services > Config Rules Regional and select Networking.


Select ELB Deletion Protection Remediation and enable it.



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