ElastiCache Without VPC

• Query id: 8c849af7-a399-46f7-a34c-32d3dc96f1fc
• Query name: ElastiCache Without VPC
• Platform: Terraform
• Severity: Low
• Category: Networking and Firewall
• URL: Github

Description

ElastiCache should be launched in a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Documentation

Code samples

Code samples with security vulnerabilities

Positive test num. 1 - tf file

resource "aws_elasticache_cluster" "positive1" {
  cluster_id           = "cluster-example"
  engine               = "memcached"
  node_type            = "cache.m4.large"
  num_cache_nodes      = 2
  parameter_group_name = aws_elasticache_parameter_group.default.id
  port                 = 11211
}

Code samples without security vulnerabilities

Negative test num. 1 - tf file

resource "aws_elasticache_cluster" "negative1" {
  cluster_id           = "cluster-example"
  engine               = "memcached"
  node_type            = "cache.m4.large"
  num_cache_nodes      = 2
  parameter_group_name = aws_elasticache_parameter_group.default.id
  port                 = 11211
  subnet_group_name    = var.subnet_group_name
}