# rds-in-backup-plan
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Checks if Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) databases are present in Amazon Backup plans. The rule is NON\_COMPLIANT if Amazon RDS databases are not included in any Amazon Backup plan. 

**Note**  
The rule only applies to Amazon Aurora DB instances. DB clusters are not supported.

**Identifier:** RDS\_IN\_BACKUP\_PLAN

**Resource Types:** AWS::RDS::DBInstance

**Trigger type:** Periodic

**Amazon Web Services Region:** All supported Amazon regions

**Parameters:**

None  

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