Amazon_VPC_20

Ensure NAT gateway has a name tag

Description

In order to control your VPC environment, all the components should have a meaningful name.

Remediation

Perform the following to set a Name tag to your NAT Gateway:
1. Sign in to the Amazon VPC console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/vpc/
2. Choose NAT Gateways
3. Move your mouse to the name field, click the edit logo.
4. Choose informational and meaningful name.

Via CLI:
aws ec2 create-tags –resources <NAT gateway ID> –tags Name = <Meaningful name>

References : https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/vpc-nat-gateway.html
CLI: https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/ec2/create-tags.html

Service

VPC

Severity

Low

Compliance

Mapping

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