EC2 instance must have detailed monitoring enabled
Medium
AWS
General
aws-ec2-instance-detailed-monitoring
Applies to
AWS::EC2::Instance
What CGPulse checks
A resource passes this rule when monitoring.state must equal enabled. Anything else is reported as a finding with the evaluated property value attached as evidence.
How to fix it
Enable detailed monitoring for 1-minute metric intervals and better observability. In AWS Console: EC2 > Instance > Monitoring > Manage detailed monitoring > Enable. See: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-cloudwatch-new.html
CLI
aws ec2 monitor-instances --instance-ids "{id}"Terraform
resource "aws_instance" "{name}" {
monitoring = true
}
Compliance frameworks
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