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EC2 instances should have the required tenancy for security and regulatory compliance requirements.

Risk Level

Low

Address

Security

Compliance Standards

CBP

Triage and Remediation

Remediation

EC2 Instance Tenancy refers to the physical host on which your EC2 instance runs. It can be either a shared tenancy or a dedicated tenancy. If the instance tenancy is set to default, it means that it is running on a shared host. To remediate this misconfiguration, follow the below steps:

  1. Login to your AWS console.

  2. Navigate to the EC2 dashboard.

  3. Select the EC2 instance for which you want to remediate the misconfiguration.

  4. Click on the “Actions” button and select “Instance Settings”.

  5. Select “Change Tenancy” from the drop-down menu.

  6. Choose the “Dedicated” option and click on “Apply”.

  7. Review the changes and click on “Confirm”.

  8. Your instance will be stopped and started again on a dedicated host.

Note: Changing the instance tenancy from default to dedicated may incur additional charges. Please review the pricing details before making the change.

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