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RDS DB Instance – Monitor Free Storage Space
This check ensures that free storage space is monitored for Amazon RDS DB instances. Monitoring free storage helps prevent database outages caused by insufficient disk space.
Check Details
- Resource: RDS DB Instance
- Check: Monitor RDS DB free storage space
- Risk: Database downtime or performance degradation due to storage exhaustion
Remediation via AWS Console
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Log in to the AWS Management Console and open the
Amazon RDS console.
- In the left navigation pane, click Databases and select the affected RDS DB instance.
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Open the Monitoring tab and search for
FreeStorageSpace.
- If enhanced monitoring is not enabled, click Modify → Enable enhanced monitoring.
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Choose an appropriate monitoring interval and save the changes.
Remediation via AWS CLI
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Log in to the AWS Management Console and click the
CloudShell icon (
>_) in the top-right corner.
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Enable enhanced monitoring for the RDS DB instance:
aws rds modify-db-instance \ --db-instance-identifier <db-instance-id> \ --monitoring-interval 60 \ --monitoring-role-arn <iam-role-arn> \ --apply-immediately
Replace <db-instance-id> and <iam-role-arn>
with the appropriate values for your environment.