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A database resource is marked as publicly accessible.

Default Severity: critical

Explanation

Database resources should not publicly available. You should limit all access to the minimum that is required for your application to function.

Possible Impact

The database instance is publicly accessible

Suggested Resolution

Set the database to not be publicly accessible

Insecure Example

The following example will fail the aws-rds-no-public-db-access check.

 resource "aws_db_instance" "bad_example" {
    publicly_accessible = true
 }

Secure Example

The following example will pass the aws-rds-no-public-db-access check.

 resource "aws_db_instance" "good_example" {
    publicly_accessible = false
 }