{
  "Provider": "aws",
  "CheckID": "rds_instance_multi_az",
  "CheckTitle": "Check if RDS instances have multi-AZ enabled.",
  "CheckType": [],
  "ServiceName": "rds",
  "SubServiceName": "",
  "ResourceIdTemplate": "arn:aws:rds:region:account-id:db-instance",
  "Severity": "medium",
  "ResourceType": "AwsRdsDbInstance",
  "Description": "Check if RDS instances have multi-AZ enabled.",
  "Risk": "In case of failure, with a single-AZ deployment configuration, should an availability zone specific database failure occur, Amazon RDS can not automatically fail over to the standby availability zone.",
  "RelatedUrl": "https://aws.amazon.com/rds/features/multi-az/",
  "Remediation": {
    "Code": {
      "CLI": "aws rds create-db-instance --db-instance-identifier <db_instance_id> --multi-az true",
      "NativeIaC": "https://docs.bridgecrew.io/docs/general_73#cloudformation",
      "Other": "https://www.trendmicro.com/cloudoneconformity/knowledge-base/aws/RDS/rds-multi-az.html",
      "Terraform": "https://docs.bridgecrew.io/docs/general_73#terraform"
    },
    "Recommendation": {
      "Text": "Enable multi-AZ deployment for production databases.",
      "Url": "https://aws.amazon.com/rds/features/multi-az/"
    }
  },
  "Categories": [],
  "DependsOn": [],
  "RelatedTo": [],
  "Notes": ""
}
