High
AutoScaling
Regional
Amazon EC2 instances launched using Auto Scaling group launch configurations should not have Public IP addresses
NIST
Description
Flags Auto Scaling group launch configurations that assign public IP addresses to EC2 instances.
Remediation
To remediate, update the launch configurations to ensure that EC2 instances do not have Public IP addresses.
Steps
- Open the Amazon EC2 console.
- Navigate to 'Launch Configurations' under 'Auto Scaling'.
- Select the launch configuration.
- Modify the configuration to disable 'AssociatePublicIpAddress'.
- Save the changes.
Compliance
NIST