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S3 Bucket – Enable S3 Bucket Versioning
This check ensures that versioning is enabled for Amazon S3 buckets. S3 versioning helps protect objects from accidental deletion or overwrites by maintaining multiple versions of an object.
Check Details
- Resource: S3 Bucket
- Check: Enable S3 bucket versioning
- Risk: Permanent data loss due to accidental deletion or overwrite
Remediation via AWS Console
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Log in to the AWS Management Console and open the
Amazon S3 console.
- Select the S3 bucket where versioning is not enabled.
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Go to the Properties tab.
- Under Bucket Versioning, click Edit.
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Select Enable and click Save 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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List all S3 buckets to identify the target bucket:
aws s3 ls -
Enable versioning on a specific bucket:
aws s3api put-bucket-versioning \ --bucket <bucket-name> \ --versioning-configuration Status=Enabled