# ec2-last-backup-recovery-point-created
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Checks if a recovery point was created for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances. The rule is NON\$1COMPLIANT if the Amazon EC2 instance does not have a corresponding recovery point created within the specified time period. 



**Identifier:** EC2\$1LAST\$1BACKUP\$1RECOVERY\$1POINT\$1CREATED

**Resource Types:** AWS::EC2::Instance

**Trigger type:** Periodic

**AWS Region:** All supported AWS regions except Asia Pacific (New Zealand), China (Beijing), Asia Pacific (Thailand), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), Mexico (Central), Israel (Tel Aviv), Asia Pacific (Taipei), Canada West (Calgary), China (Ningxia) Region

**Parameters:**

resourceTags (Optional)Type: String  
Tags of Amazon EC2 instances for the rule to check, in JSON format `{"tagkey" : "tagValue"}`.

resourceId (Optional)Type: String  
ID of Amazon EC2 instance for the rule to check.

recoveryPointAgeValue (Optional)Type: intDefault: 1  
Numerical value for maximum allowed age. No more than 744 for hours, 31 for days.

recoveryPointAgeUnit (Optional)Type: StringDefault: days  
Unit of time for maximum allowed age. Accepted values: 'hours', 'days'.

## AWS CloudFormation template
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To create AWS Config managed rules with AWS CloudFormation templates, see [Creating AWS Config Managed Rules With AWS CloudFormation Templates](aws-config-managed-rules-cloudformation-templates.md).