Ensure AWS API gateway enables Create before Destroy misconfiguration detected in code

Rule Details

Cortex AppSec Rule ID	APPSEC_AWS_237
Category - Subcategory	Compute - Unsanctioned Resource Or Type
Provider	AWS
Severity	LOW
Framework	Terraform

Impact

It is recommended to enable create_before_destroy argument inside the resource lifecycle configuration block to avoid a possible outage when the API Gateway needs to be recreated during an update.

How to Fix

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resource "aws_api_gateway_rest_api" "example" { name = "example"

• lifecycle {
• create_before_destroy = true
• } }

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