App Configuration should enable purge protection

Medium Azure General appconfig-purge-protection

Applies to

Microsoft.AppConfiguration/configurationStores

What CGPulse checks

A resource passes this rule when enablePurgeProtection must equal true. Anything else is reported as a finding with the evaluated property value attached as evidence.

How to fix it

Enable purge protection to prevent permanent deletion before retention ends. In Azure Portal: App Configuration > Properties > enable Purge protection. See: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-app-configuration/concept-soft-delete

CLI

az appconfig update --ids "{id}" --enable-purge-protection true

Terraform

resource "azurerm_app_configuration" "{name}" {
  name                       = "{name}"
  resource_group_name        = "{rg}"
  location                   = var.location
  sku                        = "standard"
  purge_protection_enabled   = true
  soft_delete_retention_days = 7
}

Compliance frameworks

Cloud Security: Azure Foundations

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