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Amazon Shield Protection Structure
Amazon Shield Protection Structure
Schema representing an AWS Shield protection resource. A protection enables AWS Shield Advanced DDoS protection for a specific AWS resource such as an Elastic IP, CloudFront distribution, or Application Load Balancer.
Type: object
Properties: 7
Required: 2
DDoS Protection Networking Security
Amazon Shield Protection is a JSON Structure definition published by Amazon Shield, describing 7 properties, of which 2 are required. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.
Properties
Id
Name
ResourceArn
ProtectionArn
HealthCheckIds
ApplicationLayerAutomaticResponseConfiguration
Tags
Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#
JSON Structure
{
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-shield/refs/heads/main/json-structure/amazon-shield-protection-structure.json",
"$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
"description": "Schema representing an AWS Shield protection resource. A protection enables AWS Shield Advanced DDoS protection for a specific AWS resource such as an Elastic IP, CloudFront distribution, or Application Load Balancer.",
"type": "object",
"required": [
"Name",
"ResourceArn"
],
"properties": {
"Id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The unique identifier (ID) of the protection."
},
"Name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The name of the protection.",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 128
},
"ResourceArn": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The ARN of the AWS resource that is protected."
},
"ProtectionArn": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The ARN of the protection.",
"pattern": "^arn:aws:shield::[0-9]{12}:protection/[a-zA-Z0-9-]+$"
},
"HealthCheckIds": {
"type": "array",
"description": "The unique identifiers for the health check associations.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"ApplicationLayerAutomaticResponseConfiguration": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/ApplicationLayerAutomaticResponseConfiguration"
},
"Tags": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Tags associated with the protection.",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Tag"
}
}
},
"$defs": {
"ApplicationLayerAutomaticResponseConfiguration": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"Status": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Indicates whether automatic application layer DDoS mitigation is enabled.",
"enum": [
"ENABLED",
"DISABLED"
]
},
"Action": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Specifies the action setting for the automatic response.",
"properties": {
"Block": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Specifies that Shield Advanced should block requests."
},
"Count": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Specifies that Shield Advanced should count requests."
}
}
}
}
},
"Tag": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"Key"
],
"properties": {
"Key": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 128
},
"Value": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 256
}
}
}
},
"name": "Amazon Shield Protection"
}