CloudWatch alarm must have actions enabled
Medium
AWS
General
aws-cloudwatch-alarm-cloudwatch-alarm-actions-enab
Applies to
AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm
What CGPulse checks
A resource passes this rule when actionsEnabled must equal true. Anything else is reported as a finding with the evaluated property value attached as evidence.
How to fix it
Enable alarm actions so state changes trigger notifications and automated responses. In AWS Console: CloudWatch > Alarms > select alarm > Edit > enable Actions. See: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/AlarmThatSendsEmail.html
Terraform
resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "{name}" {
actions_enabled = true
alarm_actions = [aws_sns_topic.alerts.arn]
}
Compliance frameworks
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