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EC2 API termination protection is not enabled Affecting EC2 service in AWS

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    Snyk CCSS
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    General / Settings

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CC-00283
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Description

Without this setting enabled, the instance can be terminated by accident. This setting should only be used for instances with high availability requirements. Enabling this may prevent IaC workflows from updating the instance; for example, Terraform will not be able to terminate the instance to update the instance type.

How to fix?

Set the disable_api_termination attribute to true.

Example Configuration

resource "aws_instance" "demo" {
  ami                     = "ami-005e54dee72ccabcd"
  instance_type           = "t2.micro"
  disable_api_termination = true
}