Quick Info
| Plugin Title | ELBv2 Deletion Protection |
| Cloud | AWS |
| Category | ELBv2 |
| Description | Ensures ELBv2 load balancers are configured with deletion protection. |
| More Info | ELBv2 load balancers should be configured with deletion protection to prevent accidentaldeletion of live resources in production environments. |
| AWS Link | https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/application/application-load-balancers.html#deletion-protection |
| Recommended Action | Update ELBv2 load balancers to use deletion protection to prevent accidental deletion |
Detailed Remediation Steps
- Log in to the AWS Management Console.
- Select the “Services” option and search for EC2.
- In the “EC2 Dashboard” scroll down and look for “Load Balancers” and click on “Load Balancers” to get into “Load Balancers” dashboard.
- Select the “Load Balancer” which needs to be verified.
- On the “Load Balancers” page, scroll down and check under the “Attributes” whether the “Delete Protection” is enabled or disabled.
- Repeat steps number 2 - 5 to check other Load balancers in the account.
- Navigate to EC2 dashboard at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/.
- On the “EC2” dashboard, scroll down and select the “Load balancers” option from the left navigation panel and select the “Load balancer” in which “Delete Protection” needs to be enabled.
- On the Description tab, choose Edit attributes.
- On the Edit load balancer attributes page, select Enable for Delete Protection, and then choose Save.
- Repeat steps number 7 - 10 to update ELBv2 load balancers to use deletion protection to prevent accidental deletion.