🛡️ AWS EC2 Elastic IP is unused🟢

• Contextual name: 🛡️ Elastic IP is unused🟢
• ID: /ce/ca/aws/ec2/elastic-ip-unused
• Tags:
  • 🟢 Policy with categories
  • 🟢 Policy with type
  • 🟢 Production policy
• Policy Type: COMPLIANCE_POLICY
• Policy Categories: COST

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Logic

• 🧠 prod.logic.yaml🟢
  • 📗 AWS EC2 Elastic IP
  • 🔌 AWS EC2 Elastic IP - object.extracts.yaml
  • 🧪 test-data.json

Description

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Description

This policy identifies AWS EC2 Elastic IP addresses that are allocated to your AWS account but are not currently associated with an EC2 instance or a network interface.

Rationale

AWS charges for Elastic IP addresses that are not associated with a running EC2 instance. Regularly identifying and releasing unattached Elastic IPs helps reduce unnecessary costs.

Impact

Maintaining unattached public IPs can also pose a security risk, as they could be inadvertently associated with resources that should not be exposed to the internet.

Audit

This policy marks an AWS EC2 Elastic IP as INCOMPLIANT if its Association ID is empty, indicating that it is not currently attached to any resource.

Remediation

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Remediation

Evaluate whether the Elastic IP is still needed:

• If the EIP is required for future use, ensure it is associated with the appropriate EC2 instance or network interface.
• If the EIP is no longer needed, release it to stop incurring charges and reduce potential security risks.

Release the Elastic IP

From Command Line

aws ec2 release-address --allocation-id {{allocation-id}}

policy.yaml

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Linked Framework Sections

Section	Sub Sections	Internal Rules	Policies	Flags	Compliance
💼 Cloudaware Framework → 💼 Waste Reduction			30		no data