# ec2-traffic-mirror-filter-description
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Checks if Amazon EC2 traffic mirror filters have a description. The rule is NON\$1COMPLIANT if configuration.Description does not exist. 



**Identifier:** EC2\$1TRAFFIC\$1MIRROR\$1FILTER\$1DESCRIPTION

**Resource Types:** AWS::EC2::TrafficMirrorFilter

**Trigger type:** Configuration changes

**AWS Region:** All supported AWS regions except Asia Pacific (New Zealand), China (Beijing), Asia Pacific (Thailand), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), AWS GovCloud (US-East), AWS GovCloud (US-West), Mexico (Central), Asia Pacific (Taipei), China (Ningxia) Region

**Parameters:**

None  

## 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).