Control: 1 CloudFront distributions should have a default root object configured

Description

This control checks whether an Amazon CloudFront distribution is configured to return a specific object that is the default root object. The control fails if the CloudFront distribution does not have a default root object configured.

A user might sometimes request the distribution’s root URL instead of an object in the distribution. When this happens, specifying a default root object can help you to avoid exposing the contents of your web distribution.

Remediation

For detailed instructions on how to specify a default root object for your distribution, see How to specify a default root object.

Usage

Run the control in your terminal:

powerpipe control run aws_compliance.control.foundational_security_cloudfront_1

Snapshot and share results via Turbot Pipes:

powerpipe login
powerpipe control run aws_compliance.control.foundational_security_cloudfront_1 --share

SQL

This control uses a named query:

select
  arn as resource,
  case
    when default_root_object = '' then 'alarm'
    else 'ok'
  end as status,
  case
    when default_root_object = '' then title || ' default root object not configured.'
    else title || ' default root object configured.'
  end as reason
  
  , region, account_id
from
  aws_cloudfront_distribution;

Control: 1 CloudFront distributions should have a default root object configured

Description

Remediation

Usage

SQL

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