rds-snapshots-public-prohibited - AWS Config
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rds-snapshots-public-prohibited

Checks if Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) snapshots are public. The rule is NON_COMPLIANT if any existing and new Amazon RDS snapshots are public.

Note

It can take up to 12 hours for compliance results to be captured.

Identifier: RDS_SNAPSHOTS_PUBLIC_PROHIBITED

Resource Types: AWS::RDS::DBClusterSnapshot, AWS::RDS::DBSnapshot

Trigger type: Configuration changes

AWS Region: All supported AWS regions except China (Beijing), Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), Europe (Milan), AWS GovCloud (US-East), AWS GovCloud (US-West), Mexico (Central), Israel (Tel Aviv), Asia Pacific (Taipei), Europe (Spain), China (Ningxia), Europe (Zurich) Region

Parameters:

None

AWS CloudFormation template

To create AWS Config managed rules with AWS CloudFormation templates, see Creating AWS Config Managed Rules With AWS CloudFormation Templates.