Ensure ELB target groups have health checks configured
Target groups should have appropriate health check configurations to ensure traffic is only sent to healthy targets.
Security Impact
Improper health checks may send traffic to unhealthy targets or remove healthy targets unnecessarily.
How to Remediate
Configure health checks with appropriate intervals, thresholds, and paths for the application.
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
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Check Details
- Check ID
- aws-elb-12
- Service
- Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)
- Category
- High Availability
- Severity
- MEDIUM
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