AWS Config Rule: RDS Last Backup Recovery Point Created

RDS_LAST_BACKUP_RECOVERY_POINT_CREATED

Ryan Ware

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Description: Checks if a recovery point was created for Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS). The rule is NON_COMPLIANT if the Amazon RDS instance does not have a corresponding recovery point created within the specified time period.


Trigger type: Periodic


AWS Region: All supported AWS regions except China (Beijing), Asia Pacific (Jakarta), Middle East (UAE), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), AWS GovCloud (US-East), AWS GovCloud (US-West), Europe (Spain), China (Ningxia), Europe (Zurich) Region


How to Resolve Manually

This AWS Config Rule will check each RDS instance in your account, within each region too.


This AWS Config Rule takes two parameters when calculating wether or not you have a backup recovery point created within your time period, they are;


  • recoveryPointAgeValue
  • recoveryPointAgeUnit


By default, StackZone sets these to equate to one day - which means if you have a backup recovery point for your RDS instance which is within the last day - you will show as COMPLIANT for this particular AWS Config Rule. If a backup recovery point does not exist within that timeframe, it will show as NON_COMPLIANT


To get to this point, you will need to incorporate AWS Backup. This StackZone Config Rule Article will show you how to create a Backup Plan for RDS instances and this StackZone article shows how you can use the Backup feature offered by StackZone, which may help you get Backup Standards up to scratch.


How to Resolve with StackZone

StackZone can automatically resolve your non-compliant RDS Instances by running an automation script to enable enhanced monitoring for you.


To enable this remediation, within the StackZone console head on over to Baseline Services -> AWS Config Rules Regional -> Amazon RDS and enable RDS Instances Last Backup Recovery Point Created Remediation


Note: This remediation only supports DB Instances and not Databases which are part of a cluster configuration. This will not target Aurora RDS Instances either you will need to enable the Aurora Last Backup Rule located here


MariaDB, PostgreSQL and MSSQL are also not supported by this remediation.


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