Medium RDS Regional

RDS DB instances should be configured with multiple Availability Zones

NIST

Description

Confirms that RDS instances are configured with multiple Availability Zones.


Remediation

Configure the RDS DB instance for multiple Availability Zones.

Steps

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon RDS console.
  2. Select the instance and choose 'Modify'.
  3. In 'Availability & Durability', select 'Create a standby instance' for Multi-AZ.
  4. Save the changes.

Compliance

NIST