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# Domain Name System (DNS) query logging is not enabled for Amazon Route 53 hosted zones misconfigurat

## Rule Details

|                        |                               |
| ---------------------- | ----------------------------- |
| Cortex AppSec Rule ID  | APPSEC2\_AWS\_39              |
| Category - Subcategory | Logging - Disabled or missing |
| Provider               | AWS                           |
| Severity               | LOW                           |
| Framework              | Terraform, Terraform Plan     |

## Impact

This rule detects if DNS query logging is not enabled for Amazon Route 53 hosted zones.

## How to Fix

*Resource:* aws\_route53\_query\_logging\_config, aws\_route53\_zone

* *Arguments:* query\_logging\_config and zone\_id

To fix this issue, enable DNS query logging for the Route 53 hosted zones in your Terraform code. You can do this by adding the `query_logging_config` argument along with the corresponding `zone_id` argument to the `aws_route53_zone` resource block in your Terraform code.

Secure code example:

The above code enables DNS query logging for a Route 53 hosted zone by creating a `aws_route53_query_logging_config` resource and associating it with the corresponding `aws_route53_zone` resource. The `aws_cloudwatch_log_group` resource is created as well, providing a destination for the logged DNS queries.

## This configuration ensures that DNS query logging is enabled for the specified Route 53 hosted zone. \[source,go]

resource "aws\_route53\_query\_logging\_config" "example" { name = "example-logging-config" record\_type = "QUERY\_LOGGING" cloudwatch\_logs\_group\_arn = aws\_cloudwatch\_log\_group.example.arn }

resource "aws\_route53\_zone" "example" { name = "example.com." query\_logging\_config { id = aws\_route53\_query\_logging\_config.example.id region = "us-east-1" } }

## resource "aws\_cloudwatch\_log\_group" "example" { name = "example-logs" }


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