Ensure AWS best practices are followed while deciding names for tags in AWS EBS volumes

LOW

Description

Irregular/non-standard names fail compliance validation.

Remediation

In AWS Console -

  1. Sign in to AWS Console and go to the the Amazon EC2 console.
  2. Select the region from the navigation bar.
  3. Select the resource type from the navigation bar.
  4. Select the resource from the resource list and choose the Tags tab.
  5. Choose Manage tags, Add tag. Enter the key and value for the tag. When you are finished adding tags, choose Save.

In Terraform -

  1. In the aws_ebs_volume resource, set the tags field accordingly.

References:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/Using_Tags.html
https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/resources/ebs_volume#tags

Policy Details

Rule Reference ID: AC_AWS_0082
CSP: AWS
Remediation Available: No
Resource: aws_ebs_volume
Resource Category: Storage

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