Multi-AZ is not turned on for RDS instance Affecting RDS service in AWS


Severity

0.0
medium
0
10
Severity Framework
Snyk CCSS
Rule category
Data/ Lifecycle

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Frameworks
AWS-Well-ArchitectedCSA-CCMGDPRHIPAAISO-27001NIST-800-53SOC-2
  • Snyk IDSNYK-CC-00179
  • creditSnyk Research Team

Description

Provisioning Multi-AZ RDS instances provides enhanced availability and durability in case of availability zone failure.

How to fix?

Ensure that the aws_db_instance multi_az field is set to true.

Example configuration:

resource "aws_db_instance" "main" {
  multi_az             = true
  # other required fields here
}