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Amazon Shield Protection
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.
DDoS Protection Networking Security
Properties
Name
Type
Description
Id
string
The unique identifier (ID) of the protection.
Name
string
The name of the protection.
ResourceArn
string
The ARN of the AWS resource that is protected.
ProtectionArn
string
The ARN of the protection.
HealthCheckIds
array
The unique identifiers for the health check associations.
ApplicationLayerAutomaticResponseConfiguration
object
Tags
array
Tags associated with the protection.
JSON Schema
{
"$id": "https://schema.api.io/amazon-shield/amazon-shield-protection-schema.json",
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"title": "Amazon Shield Protection",
"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
}
}
}
}
}
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