Medium AutoScaling Regional

EC2 Auto Scaling groups should use EC2 launch templates

NIST

Description

Verifies that Auto Scaling groups use EC2 launch templates instead of launch configurations.


Remediation

To remediate, configure Auto Scaling groups to use Amazon EC2 launch templates.

Steps

  1. Open the Amazon EC2 console.
  2. Navigate to 'Auto Scaling Groups'.
  3. Select the Auto Scaling group.
  4. Modify the group to use an Amazon EC2 launch template.
  5. Save the changes.

Compliance

NIST