Amazon_RDS_2

Ensure RDS event subscriptions are enabled for Instance level events

Description

AWS Relational Database Services offers customers a managed database engine solution for hosting customer created databases which can allow for a reduction in operational burden on customers.
RDS event subscriptions provide notification of selected event changes at Data Base engine level such as:

  • Deletion
  • Failure
  • Failover
  • Low Storage
  • Maintentance

Remediation

Using the Amazon unified CLI:

Create a new event subscription for DB instance level events:
aws rds create-event-subscription –subscription-name <rds_event_subscription> –sns-topic-arn <sns_topic_arn> –source-type db-instance –event-categories <rds_events> –source-ids <events_source_ids> –enabled


References:

  1. http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/rds/describe-event-subscriptions.html
  2. http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/rds/create-event-subscription.html
  3. http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_Events.html#USER_Events.Messages

Service

RDS

Severity

Low

Compliance

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