Ensure ALB redirects HTTP requests into HTTPS ones

Error: ALB does not redirect HTTP requests into HTTPS ones

Bridgecrew Policy ID: BC_AWS_NETWORKING_49
Checkov Check ID: CKV2_AWS_20
Severity: LOW

ALB does not redirect HTTP requests into HTTPS ones

Description

Ensure that the behaviour of the Load balancer is redirect any traffic from the encrypted endpoint rather than handling on http or failing to respond.

Fix - Buildtime

Terraform

Resource: aws_lb, aws_lb_listener
Argument: redirect of aws_lb_listener

resource "aws_lb" "lb_good" {
}


resource "aws_lb_listener" "listener_good" {
  load_balancer_arn = aws_lb.lb_good.arn
  port              = "80"
  protocol          = "HTTP"

  default_action {
    type = "redirect"

    redirect {
      port        = "443"
      protocol    = "HTTPS"
      status_code = "HTTP_301"
    }

  }
}

Updated 10 months ago