Amazon_RDS_13

Ensure Multi-AZ is enabled all RDS

Description

RDS clusters should use Multi-AZ deployment configurations for high availability and automatic failover support fully managed by AWS.

Remediation

1. Login to the AWS Management Console.

2. Go to RDS dashboard.

3. In the navigation panel, under RDS Dashboard, click Clusters.

4. Select the RDS cluster that you want to examine.

5. Click Cluster Actions button from the dashboard top menu and select Modify.

6. On the Modify DB Cluster: <cluster identifier> page, under Cluster Specifications section, select Yes from the Multi-AZ Deployment dropdown list.

7. At the bottom of the page, check Apply Immediately to apply the changes immediately.

8. Click Continue.

9. Review the changes and click Modify DB Cluster. The cluster status should change from available to modifying and back to available. Once the feature is enabled, the Multi AZ status should change to Yes

Service

RDS

Severity

Medium

Compliance

Mapping

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